| 词条 | Brettena Smyth |
| 释义 |
The daughter of John Riordan and Bridgetena Cavanagh, she was born in Kyneton. She was largely self-taught but an avid reader. In 1861, she married William Taylor Smyth, a greengrocer; the couple had five children. After he died in 1873, she converted the family store into a drapery business and drug store.[3] Following her husband's death, she became an active member of the Victorian Women's Suffrage Society. In 1888, she formed the Australian Women's Suffrage Society. An advocate of birth control, she lectured on contraceptive techniques and sold a women's contraceptive device, a rubber pessary from France, in her shop. She advocated a more balanced partnership between men and women in marriage.[3] She planned to study medicine at the University of Melbourne but was thwarted by the financial crisis during the 1890s.[3] Smyth's publications included:
Smyth died of Bright's disease at the residence of her son, Charles Smyth, Cricketers' Hotel, Morwell. "Fortified by rites of Holy Church",[3] she was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.[4] Further reading
References1. ^Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Symth, Brettena}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE3753b.htm |title=Smyth, Brettena (c. 1840 - 1898) |work=Australian Women's Register}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9791013|title=Family Notices - Death & Funeral|last=|first=|date=1898-02-16|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)|access-date=2018-11-22|pages=1}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smyth-bridgetena-brettena-8564 |title=Smyth, Bridgetena (Brettena) (1840–1898) |last=Kelly |first=Farley |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography}} 7 : 1845 births|1898 deaths|Australian suffragists|People from Kyneton|19th-century Australian writers|19th-century Australian women writers|Deaths from kidney disease |
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