Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsWomen's rights activistsLobbyistsHistoryConvened by Beatrice Faust in February 1972 following the precedent set by American feminists in surveying Presidential candidates, Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) set out to produce a "form guide" to candidates in the 1972 Federal election and to campaign for those polling best on women's issues in this and subsequent elections.