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The Complete Book of Great Australian Women
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Stories of dedicated and resourceful women who demanded something different from the restricted lives of their mothers and grandmothers.
The achievements of Australian women have long been overshadowed by the deeds of Australian men. Susanna de Vries has remedied this with her outstanding research, and in this book she details the life stories of thirty-six courageous Australian women who broke down the barriers of prejudice.
Dr Agnes Bennett, Dr Dagmar Berne, Nancy Bird, Ethel Cooper, Edith Dircksey Cowan, Martha Caldwell Cox, Sarah Frances 'Fanny' Durack, Stella Miles Franklin, Mary Gilmore, Sister Lillie Goodisson, Dr Catherine Hamlin, Louise Bertha Hanson-Dyer, Eileen Joyce, Annette Kellerman, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Kundaibark, Louisa Lawson, Joice NaKiveel Loch, Enid Burnell Lyons, Mary MacKillop, Mary McConnel, Nellie Melba, Roma Flinders Mitchell, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Sister Lucy Osburn, Mary Penfold, Margaret Rose Preston, Henry Handel Richardson, Joan Mavis Rosanove, Rose Scott, Ella Simon, Dr Constance Stone, Jane Sutherland, Margaret Sutherland, Florence Mary Taylor, and Kylie Tennant.
Stories of dedicated and resourceful women who demanded something different from the restricted lives of their mothers and grandmothers.
The achievements of Australian women have long been overshadowed by the deeds of Australian men. Susanna de Vries has remedied this with her outstanding research, and in this book she details the life stories of thirty-six courageous Australian women who broke down the barriers of prejudice.
Dr Agnes Bennett, Dr Dagmar Berne, Nancy Bird, Ethel Cooper, Edith Dircksey Cowan, Martha Caldwell Cox, Sarah Frances 'Fanny' Durack, Stella Miles Franklin, Mary Gilmore, Sister Lillie Goodisson, Dr Catherine Hamlin, Louise Bertha Hanson-Dyer, Eileen Joyce, Annette Kellerman, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Kundaibark, Louisa Lawson, Joice NaKiveel Loch, Enid Burnell Lyons, Mary MacKillop, Mary McConnel, Nellie Melba, Roma Flinders Mitchell, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Sister Lucy Osburn, Mary Penfold, Margaret Rose Preston, Henry Handel Richardson, Joan Mavis Rosanove, Rose Scott, Ella Simon, Dr Constance Stone, Jane Sutherland, Margaret Sutherland, Florence Mary Taylor, and Kylie Tennant.