Vida Goldstein
E190171
Vida Goldstein was an Australian suffragist, social reformer, and pacifist leader who was one of the first women in the British Empire to stand for national parliament.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vida Goldstein canonical | 2 |
| Vida Jane Mary Goldstein | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1439613 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vida Goldstein Context triple: [Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, hasNotableMember, Vida Goldstein]
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A.
Lauretta Geigerman
Lauretta Geigerman was the wife of American mob boss Frank Costello, a prominent figure in mid-20th-century organized crime.
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B.
Eugenia Brin
Eugenia Brin is the mother of Google co-founder Sergey Brin and a Jewish refugee from the Soviet Union who worked as a research scientist in the United States.
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C.
Susan Goldmark
Susan Goldmark is an American development specialist and former World Bank official known for her work on infrastructure and social development projects, and for being married to Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Kai Bird.
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D.
Esther Raab
Esther Raab was a Jewish Holocaust survivor known for escaping from the Sobibor extermination camp and later bearing witness to its atrocities.
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E.
Esther Guerini
Esther Guerini was the wife of American actor and politician Albert Dekker.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vida Goldstein Target entity description: Vida Goldstein was an Australian suffragist, social reformer, and pacifist leader who was one of the first women in the British Empire to stand for national parliament.
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A.
Lauretta Geigerman
Lauretta Geigerman was the wife of American mob boss Frank Costello, a prominent figure in mid-20th-century organized crime.
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B.
Eugenia Brin
Eugenia Brin is the mother of Google co-founder Sergey Brin and a Jewish refugee from the Soviet Union who worked as a research scientist in the United States.
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C.
Susan Goldmark
Susan Goldmark is an American development specialist and former World Bank official known for her work on infrastructure and social development projects, and for being married to Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Kai Bird.
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D.
Esther Raab
Esther Raab was a Jewish Holocaust survivor known for escaping from the Sobibor extermination camp and later bearing witness to its atrocities.
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E.
Esther Guerini
Esther Guerini was the wife of American actor and politician Albert Dekker.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminist
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human ⓘ pacifist ⓘ political candidate ⓘ social reformer ⓘ suffragist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
equal pay
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improved working conditions ⓘ peace and disarmament ⓘ social welfare reforms ⓘ women's right to stand for parliament ⓘ women's right to vote ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1869-04-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1949-08-15 ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Australia's most prominent early feminists ⓘ |
| editorOf | The Woman Voter (newspaper) ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne ⓘ |
| electionContested |
1903 Australian federal election
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1910 Australian federal election ⓘ 1913 Australian federal election ⓘ 1914 Australian federal election ⓘ 1917 Australian federal election ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Irish descent (maternal)
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Polish-Jewish descent (paternal) ⓘ |
| familyName | Goldstein ⓘ |
| father | Jacob Goldstein ⓘ |
| founded | The Woman Voter (newspaper) ⓘ |
| fullName |
Vida Goldstein
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Vida Jane Mary Goldstein
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| givenName | Vida ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | never married ⓘ |
| mother | Isabella Goldstein ⓘ |
| movement |
first-wave feminism
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pacifist movement ⓘ women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-conscription activism during World War I
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being one of the first women in the British Empire to stand for national parliament ⓘ campaigning for social and economic reform ⓘ leadership in the Australian women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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lecturer ⓘ political activist ⓘ politician ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| opposed | conscription in World War I ⓘ |
| participatedIn | International suffrage conferences in Europe and the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Colony of Victoria
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surface form:
Portland, Colony of Victoria
Portland, Victoria, Australia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | South Yarra, Victoria, Australia ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | progressive politics ⓘ |
| politicalPartyFounded | Women's Political Association ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of the Women's Political Association ⓘ |
| ranForOffice |
Senate of Australia
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surface form:
Australian Senate
House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ |
| religion |
Church of Christ, Scientist
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surface form:
Christian Science
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| residence |
Melbourne
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surface form:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vida Goldstein Description of subject: Vida Goldstein was an Australian suffragist, social reformer, and pacifist leader who was one of the first women in the British Empire to stand for national parliament.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vida Jane Mary Goldstein