Which of the following statements about the first wave of feminism in Australia is true?

• A. It occurred in the late 19th to early 20th centuries
• B. It occurred in the 1960s
• C. It focused on digital privacy
• D. It started in the 1950s

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is when the first wave of feminism in Australia took place and what it focused on. This movement centers on gaining legal rights for women, especially the vote, during the late 19th into the early 20th century. In Australia, campaigning for suffrage picked up steam in the colonies in the 1890s, with South Australia granting suffrage in 1894, and the federal vote and the right to stand for Parliament for white women established by the Commonwealth Franchise Act in 1902. This places the first wave in a timeframe from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

The other options don’t fit that period or focus: the 1960s mark the second wave of feminism, which tackled broader social and cultural equality matters; the 1950s and the idea of digital privacy are not connected to the first wave’s goals; and digital privacy wasn’t a concern of that era.