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Unique IDLIB-00020413Alternative titleAustralian women of achievement from Federation to the Mid-20th CenturyDateBetween 1st January 1998 and 31st December 1998Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionincludes bibliographical references, facsimiles portraits and index

Contents on the following:

Marian Ellis Rowan: Australia's first woman artist to hold one-woman exhibitions and promote herself overseas--

Julia Guerin, Maybanke Anderson, Eliza Fewings, Vida Lahey, Ethel Raybould: Outstanding teachers and educational reformers--

Dagmar Berne, Constance Stone, Helen Sexton, Agnes Bennett, Lucy Gullett, Lilian Cooper : female pioneers in medicine --

Elizabeth Kenny: Who gave hope to polio victims--

Claire Trestrail: War Heroine

Ella Simon : survivor of the stolen generation and Australia's first Aboriginal justice of the peace --

Kundaibark : healer of the Biripi people --

Emma Minnie Boyd: Talented founder of a dynasty of painters and sculptors--

Louisa Lawson: Australia's first female publisher crusader for women's independence--

Sarah Frances 'Fanny' Durack : first female swimmer to win Olympic gold --

Annette Kellerman : Aussie battler who became a Hollywood star --

Edith Dircksey Cowan : first Australian woman to sit in a state parliament --

Jane Sutherland and Margaret Sutherland : outstanding women in art and music --

Brettena Smyth and Lillie Goodisson : pioneers of family planning --

Selina Murray Sutherland : pioneer of social reform and the abolition of child prostitution --

Joan Mavis Rosanove (Lazarus) : Australian women fight for the right to practise law on equal terms with their male colleagues --

Florence Mary Taylor : Australia's first female architect.

Copyright ownerSusanna De VriesLanguageEnglish (eng)AuthorSusanna De VriesIllustrationsColour illustrationsBlack and white illustrationsPublisherHarperCollins Publishers Place of publicationPymble, New South Wales, Australia

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FormatPublication - BookDigitised recordNoBorn digital itemNo

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Number of pages268

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Dimensions (picklist)Other - see Dimensions noteDimensions (free text)31 cm

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Subject tagsFeminism History -- AustraliaSocial conditionsWomenPublic access statusOpen to public accessPublic access noteNon-circulating

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Dewey decimal numberSRC 994.04092 DEVRISBN/ISSN0732267846

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