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Strength of purpose : Australian women of achievement from Federation to the mid-20th century / Susanna De Vries.

By: Publication details: Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins, 1998.Description: 268 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 0732267846 :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • B 21
  • 994.04092 21
  • 305.4/092/294 21
LOC classification:
  • DU116.2 .A2 D48 1998
Contents:
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 -- tBrettena 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.
Summary: Includes: Marian Ellis Rowan; Julia Guerin; Maybanke Anderson; Eliza Fewings; Vida Lahey; Ethel Raybould; Dagmar Berne; Constance Stone; Helen Sexton; Agnes Bennett; Lucy Gullett; Lilian Cooper; Elizabeth Kenny; Claire Trestrail; Ella Simon; Kundaibark; (Emma) Minnie Boyd; Louisa Lawson; Sarah Frances [Fanny] Durack; Annette Kellerman; Edith Cowan; Jane Sutherland; Margaret Sutherland; Brettena Smyth; Lillie Goodisson; Selina Sutherland; Joan Rosanove; Florence Taylor.
List(s) this item appears in: Stage 6 History: Movements for change in 20th century - A8: Women's movements
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 994.04092 DEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 66921

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- tBrettena 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.

Includes: Marian Ellis Rowan; Julia Guerin; Maybanke Anderson; Eliza Fewings; Vida Lahey; Ethel Raybould; Dagmar Berne; Constance Stone; Helen Sexton; Agnes Bennett; Lucy Gullett; Lilian Cooper; Elizabeth Kenny; Claire Trestrail; Ella Simon; Kundaibark; (Emma) Minnie Boyd; Louisa Lawson; Sarah Frances [Fanny] Durack; Annette Kellerman; Edith Cowan; Jane Sutherland; Margaret Sutherland; Brettena Smyth; Lillie Goodisson; Selina Sutherland; Joan Rosanove; Florence Taylor.

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