'Ruby Lindsay was born in Creswick Victoria in 1885, into a family whose name would become synonymous with Australian art. This was also a time of immense change for Australian women with the emergence of first wave feminism, focusing on taking women out of the private domestic sphere of the home. The campaign for women's suffrage was a great catalyst for these changes, as it not only gained women the vote but a voice within a male-centric society. This article explores how Ruby was able to navigate her way through these times of change, live an independent lifestyle in Melbourne, move to London with her husband Bill Dyson and forge a successful career for herself as a professional artist during the suffrage-era. As a prolific illustrator, her drawings appeared in many newspapers and books between 1906 and 1914. Although few of her works refer specifically to the suffrage campaign many of her women subjects were strong and independent and reflect Ruby's own personality, taking full advantage of the freedoms afforded to her during the latter part of the suffrage-era and using those freedoms as inspiration in her art.' (Publication abstract)
