Strength of purpose : Australian women of achievement from Federation to the mid-20th century / Susanna De Vries.
Publication details: Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins, 1998.Description: 268 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cmISBN:- 0732267846 :
- B 21
- 994.04092 21
- 305.4/092/294 21
- DU116.2 .A2 D48 1998
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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