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I
thank the 126 other authors who made this book possible, and the
women from Redress Press who liked the idea, agreed to publish,
and helped in production. Many people assisted, some with suggestions
of names to include and authors to write articles; some offered
to contribute; several responded to late requests; others passed
on information and checked out information; many found photographs;
some offered irreplaceable originals; friends helped when the logistics
of communication with so many authors threatened to overwhelm me.
I thank them all, and especially for their enthusiasm and generosity:
Helen Jones and Vicki Pearce; Joyce Gibberd, Julia Clark, Betty
Crouchley, Helen Gregory, Lenore Coltheart, Michal Bosworth, Geoffrey
Bolton, Lenore Layman, Prue Joske, Ros Golding, Patricia Grimshaw,
Marilyn Lake, Marie Fels, Lyndsay Gardiner, Monica MacCallum, Judy
Mackinolty, Susan Hogan, Hilary Weatherburn, Ursula Bygott, Oliver
Lancaster, Helen Temple, Joan Kerr, Geof Sherington, Jillian Oppenheimer,
Winifred Mitchell, Margaret Henry, Joy Hughes, Carol Liston, Rosemary
Broomham and all who assisted in libraries and museums.
I am indebted to the Australian
Dictionary of Biography, grateful to all who work there, and
especially to Geoffrey Serle and Chris Cunneen.
I acknowledge also the contributions from Frank O'Carroll, Jafta
Kooma and Gloria Cole.
Heather
Radi
Authors
Allen, Judith
Rose Scott (1847 - 1925) feminist
Bea Miles (1902
- 1974) rebel
Allen, Margaret
Matilda Jane Evans (1827 - 1886) deaconess
Allport, Carolyn
Mary Ryan (1886 - 1968) Labor activist
Barnes, Mary
Hanna Neumann (1914 - 1971) mathematician
Bartlett, Margaret
Irene Crespin (1896 - 1980) micropalaeontologist
Barton, Ruth
Emily Dobson (1842 - 1934) philanthropist
Bell, Jacqueline
Eleanor Bourne (1878 - 1957) doctor
Freda Bage (1883
- 1970) biologist
Bellamy, Sue
Bessie Guthrie (1905 - 1977) feminist
Bosworth, Michal
Hannah Maclurcan (1861 - 1936) hotelier
Daisy Bindi (c.1904 - 1962) Aboriginal activist
Roma Gilchrist (1909 - 1983) peace activist
Brady, Wendy
Cecilia Shelley (1893 - 1986) union secretary
Bremner, Jennie
Muriel Heagney (1885 - 1974) trade unionist
Broomham, Rosemary
Florence McKenzie (1892 - 1982) electrician
Brownfoot, Janice
Henrietta Dugdale (1826 - 1918) feminist
Annette Bear-Crawford (1853 - 1899) feminist
Burke, Colleen
Mary Fullerton (1868 - 1946) poet and feminist
Butel, Elizabeth
Margaret Preston (1875 - 1963) artist
Bygott, Ursula
Ruby Payne Scott (1912 - 1981) physicist
Clark, Judith
Eleanor Dark (1901 - 1985) novelist
Clark, Julia
Fanny Cochrane Smith (1834 - 1905) Tasmanian
Aborigine
Tarereenore
(c1800 - 1831) Aboriginal leader
Colligan, Mimi
Alice Anderson (1897 - 1926) garage proprietor
Collins, Diane
Lottie Lyell (1890 - 1925) actress
Elsa Chauvel (1898
- 1983) film producer
Coltheart, Lenore
Phoebe Farrar (1869
- 1960) stockwoman
Marcella Cameron (1879 - 1948) factory manager
Hetty Perkins (c.1905 - 1979) Aboriginal cook
and carer
Cunneen, Chris
Mother Abbott (1846 - 1934) hospital founder
Daniels, Kay
Maria Lord (1780 - 1859) businesswoman
Davison, Veronica
Ella Simon (1902 - 1981) welfare worker
Deacon, Desley
Elise Barney (1815 - 1883) postmistress
Dettmann, Mary E
Isabel Cookson (1893 - 1973) palaeobotanist
Donoghue, Eileen M.
Mother Vincent (1819 - 1892) Mercy Sister
Ducker, Sophie C.
Ethel McLennan (1891 - 1983) botanist
Dyer, Sylvia
Sylvia Birdseye (1902 - 1962) busdriver
Edgar, Suzanne
Grace Benny (1872 - 1944) local governement
councillor
Adelaide Miethke (1881 - 1962) school inspector
Constance Davey (1882 - 1963) psychologist
Nina Murdoch (1890 - 1976) writer
Edwards, Deborah
Ola Cohn (1892 - 1964) sculptor
Erickson, Rica
Georgiana Molloy (1803 - 1843) botanist
Falk, Barbara
Margaret Blackwood (1909 - 1986) botanist
Fletcher, Philippa
Agnes Milne (1850 - 1919) factory inspector
Janette Octoman (1879 - 1971) farmer's wife
Ruth Gibson (1901 - 1975) school inspector
Foale, Marie T
Mary MacKillop (1842 - 1909) religious
Foley, Meredith
Lillie Goodisson (1860 - 1947) birth control
advocate
Angela Booth (1869 - 1954) sex educator
Eleanor Glencross (1876 - 1950) organiser
Mildred Muscio (1882 - 1964) feminist
Eleanor Hinder (1893 - 1963) United Nations
official
Frost, Lucy
Annie Dawbin (1816 - 1905) diarist
Gardiner, Lyndsay
Margaret Kiddle (1914 - 1958) historian
Gibberd, Joyce
Rosa Fiveash (1854 - 1938) botanical artist
Ruby Davy (1883 - 1949) composer
Godden, Judith
Eliza Pottie (1836 - 1907) evangelist and social
reformer
Golding, R
Ida Mann (1893 - 1983) ophthalmologist
Goodall, Heather
Pearl Gibbs (1901 - 1983) Aboriginal leader
Green, Christina
Margaret Sutherland (1897 - 1984) composer
Green, Dorothy
Henry Handel Richardson (1870 - 1946) novelist
Zora Cross (1890 - 1964) writer
Gregory, Helen
Phyllis Cilento (1894 - 1987) doctor
Grimshaw, Patricia
Kate Campbell (1899 - 1982) paediatrician
Henry, Margaret
Eirene Mort (1879 - 1977) graphic designer
Hogan, Susan
Adela Pankhurst Walsh (1885 - 1960) political
activist
Enid Lorimer (1888 - 1982) actress
Holland, Alison
Joyce Vickery (1908 - 1979) botanist
Hudspeth, Audrey
Eliza Forlonge (1785 - 1859) pastoralist
Hylton, Jane
Dorrit Black (1891 - 1951) artist
Hyslop, Anthea
Marie Kirk (1855 - 1928) temperance advocate
James, Barbara
Jessie Litchfield (1883 - 1956) journalist
Johnson, Heather
Grace Cossington Smith (1892 - 1984) artist
Jones, Helen
Mary Lee (1821 - 1909) suffragist
Mary Colton (1822
- 1898) philanthropist
Laura Corbin (1841 - 1906) crèche founder
Lillian de Lissa (1885 - 1967) educator
Jordan, Deborah
Nettie Palmer (1885 - 1964) critic
Jordens, Ann-Mari
Marian Harwood (1846 - 1934) peace activist
Joske, Prue
Deborah Hackett (1887 - 1965) mining entrepreneur
Joske, Prue
Decima Norman (1909 - 1983) athlete
Keene, Judith
Helen Palmer (1917 - 1979) writer and teacher
Kelly, Farley
Martha Webster (1839 - 1915) preacher
Brettena Smyth (1840 - 1898) birth control
advocate
Bella Lavender (1858 - 1923) feminist and teacher
Kerr, Joan
Ellis Rowan (1848 - 1922) artist
King, Helen
Fanny Durack (1889 - 1956) swimmer
Kociumbas, Jan
Angelina Noble (c.1879 - 1964) Aboriginal missionary
Krimmer, Sally
Barbara Baynton (1857 - 1929) writer
Kwan, Elizabeth
Gertrude Halley (1867 - 1939) doctor
Langmore, Di
Ethel Osborne (1882 - 1968) doctor
Liston, Carol
Jemina Jenkins (1786 - 1842) pastoralist
Ludlow, Christa
Florence Taylor (1879 - 1969) architect
MacAulay, Bettina
Jane Neville-Rolfe (1850 - 1928) artist
MacCallum, Monica
Georgina Sweet (1875 - 1946) zoologist
MacCulloch, Jennifer
Frances Levvy (1831 - 1924) humanitarian
MacCulloch, Jennifer
Charlotte Sargent (1859 - 1924) caterer
Mackie, Sue
Elizabeth Kenny (1880 - 1952) nurse
Mackinnon, Alison
Helen Mayo (1878 - 1967) paediatrician
Magarey, Susan
Catherine Spence (1825 - 1910) social reformer
McKay, Judith
Daphne Mayo (1895 - 1982) sculptor
Mitchell, Ann M
Elsie Dalyell (1881 - 1948) pathologist
Mitchell, Ann M.
Lucy Osburn (1835 - 1891) nurse
Mitchell, Winifred
Jessie Street (1889 - 1970) feminist
Mitchell, Winifred
Lucy Woodcock (1889 - 1968) teacher
Morison, Pat
Jo Mackerras (1896 - 1972) entomologist
Morris-Nunn, Miranda
Margaret McIntyre (1886 - 1948) politician
Muir, Marcie
K Langloh Parker (1856 - 1940) writer
Mulraney, Jennifer
Vida Goldstein (1869 - 1949) feminist
Mune, Marie
Kate Cocks (1875 - 1954) policewoman
Noad, Pat
Eliza Fewings (1857 - 1940) headmistress
O'Brien, Anne
Mary Tenison Woods (1896 - 1971) lawyer
O'Neill, Sally
Louisa Meredith (1812 - 1895) author and artist
Ogilvie, June
Bessie Rischbieth (1874 - 1967) theosophic
feminist
Oppenheimer, Jillian
Kitty Gallagher (c.1785
- c.1875) drover
Mary Ann Baker (1834 - 1905) bushranger
Grace Munro (1879 - 1964) CWA founder
Oppenheimer, Melanie
Doris Fitton (1901 - 1985) actress
Pearce, Vicki
Alicia Petersen (1862 - 1923) political candidate
Olive Pink (1884 - 1975) Aboriginal rights
activist
Quirk, Shirley
Barbara Vernon (1916 - 1978) scriptwriter
Radi, Heather
Margaret Catchpole (1762 - 1819) convict
Mary Reibey (1777 - 1855) convict
Fanny Macleay (1793
- 1836) charity organiser
Eliza Dunlop (1796 - 1880) ethnographer
Caroline Chisholm (1808 - 1877) immigrants'
friend
Mary Hutchinson (1810 - 1880) factory matron
Mary Windeyer (1836 - 1912) suffragist
Louisa Briggs (1836 - 1925) Aboriginal leader
Elizabeth Macarthur-Onslow (1840 - 1911) property
owner
Louisa Lawson (1848 - 1920) newspaper proprietor
Bessy Cameron (1851 - 1895) Aboriginal teacher
Nellie Stewart (1858 - 1931) singer and actress
Daisy Bates (1859 - 1951) journalist
Kate Dwyer (1861
- 1949) Labor leader
Edith Onians (1866 - 1955) philanthropist
Stella Allan (1871 - 1962) journalist
Constance Ellis (1872 - 1942) doctor
Ethel Turner (1872 - 1958) writer
Florence Cardell-Oliver
(1876 - 1965) politician
May Gibbs (1877 - 1969) author & illustrator
Retta Long (1878 - 1956) missionary
Julia Flynn (1878 - 1947) school inspector
Anna Brennan (1879 - 1962) lawyer
Constance D'Arcy (1879 - 1950) obstetrician
Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881 - 1961) teacher
Zoe Benjamin (1882 - 1962) kindergarten teacher
Millicent Preston Stanley (1883 - 1955) politician
Christian Jollie-Smith (1885 - 1963) lawyer
Kate Ardill Brice (1886 - 1955) gynaecologist
Fanny Cohen (1887 - 1975) headmistress
Alice Jackson (1887 - 1974) journalist
Mel Cashman (1891 - 1981) union organiser
Gladys Moncrieff (1892 - 1976) soprano
Andrea Jenner (1891 - 1985) journalist
Doris Beeby (1894 - 1948) union organiser
Janet Mitchell (1896 - 1957) journalist
Persia Campbell (1898 - 1974) economist
Kathleen Robinson (1901 - 1983) producer
Annabelle Rankin (1908 - 1986) politician
Caroline Archer (1922 - 1973) OPAL executive
Radic, Thérèse
Nellie Melba (1861 - 1931) prima donna
Florence Austral (1894 - 1968) singer
Raftery, Judith
Winifred Kiek (1884 - 1975) Congregational
minister
Rasmussen, Carolyn
Doris Blackburn (1889 - 1970) civil rights
activist
Reiger, Kerreen
Vera Scantlebury Brown (1889 - 1946) doctor
Roberts, Jan
Maybanke Anderson (1845 - 1927) feminist
Roe, Jill
Miles Franklin (1879 - 1954) writer
Dorothy Helmrich (1889 - 1984) Arts Council
founder
Rutland, Suzanne D.
Fanny Reading (1884 - 1974) doctor
Rutledge, Martha
Ida Lee (1865 - 1943) historical geographer
Ethel Kelly (1875 - 1949) actress and author
Ryan, Donna
Amy Schauer (1871 - 1956) teacher of cookery
Ryan, Lyndall
Trucanini (1812 - 1876) Tasmanian Aborigine
Sawer, Marian
Elizabeth Couchman (1876 - 1982) politician
Scholes, Lesley L
Janet Clarke (1851 - 1909) philanthropist
Scripps, Lindy
Catherine Henrys (1805 - 1855) convict
Sells, Anne
Enid Lyons (1897 - 1981) politician
Serle, Oenone
Nell Martyn (1887 - 1926) businesswoman
Sheridan, Susan
Christina Stead (1902 - 1983) novelist
Smith, Ann
Jean Macnamara (1899 - 1968) medical scientist
Smith, Mary
Jessie Vasey (1897 - 1966) social reformer
Steadman, Margaret
Edith Cowan (1861 - 1932) politician
May Holman (1893 - 1939) politician
Teale, Ruth
Minard Crommelin (1881 - 1972) conservationist
Thompson, Sonya
Jessie Rooke (1845 - 1906) temperance advocate
Varvaressos, Mary
Winifred West (1881 - 1971) headmistress
Ward, Winifred
Eliza Hassall (1834 - 1917) missionary
Waters, Jill
Edith Waterworth (1873 - 1957) welfare worker
Weatherburn, Hilary
Kathleen Gorham (1932 - 1983) dancer
Weidenhofer, Maggie
Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874 - 1969) novelist
Wells, Julie
Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883 - 1969) author
Wells, Monika
Constance Stone (1856 - 1902) doctor
Williams, Jennifer
Jane Bell (1873 - 1959) hospital matron
Wright, Andre
Annette Kellerman (1886 - 1975) swimmer
Louise Lovely (1895 - 1980) film star
Young, Maribelle
Bill Smith (1886 - 1975) jockey
Young, Pam
Emma Miller (1839 - 1917) labour activist
Sources of Illustrations
Portrait of Mother Mary MacKillop by courtesy of the Archives of
the Sisters of St Joseph; self-portrait of Margaret Preston by courtesy
of the Art Gallery of New South Wales; photographs of Emily Dobson,
Jessie Rooke, Alicia Petersen, Olive Pink, Fanny Cochrane Smith,
Edith Waterworth by courtesy of the Archives Office of Tasmania;
photograph of Annette Kellermann by courtesy of British National
Film Archive; oil painting of Caroline Chisholm (zDG 459) and portrait
of Millicent Preston Stanley by Mary Edwards by courtesy of Dixson
Library; photograph of Lottie Lyell by courtesy of Australian National
Film and Sound Archive; photographs of Daisy Bates, Doris Blackburn,
Zora Cross, Elizabeth Couchman, Fanny Durack, Dorothy Helmrich,
Elizabeth Kenny, Jessie Litchfield, Grace Cossington Smith, Christina
Stead, Nellie Stewart, Florence Taylor and Jessie Vasey (from picture
file), photograph of Marian Harwood (MS 2980 Box 4), portrait of
Nina Murdoch (ID, abn 83-063355) by courtesy of the National Library
of Australia; photograph of Adelaide Meithke by courtesy of the
Mortlock Library; photographs of Henrietta Dugdale and Bella Lavender
by courtesy of Melbourne University Archives; photographs of Cecilia
Shelley (2749P) and Roma Gilchrist by courtesy of the J. S. Battye
Library of West Australian History; photographs of Mary Windeyer
(MSS 186/20 item 2 p3), Louisa Lawson and Katharine Susannah Prichard
(small picture file) and reproduction of miniature of Mary Reibey
by courtesy of Mitchell Library; photograph of Eliza Fewings by
courtesy of Oxley Library; photograph of Phyllis Cilento by courtesy
of Queensland Newspapers; reproduction of the portrait of Catherine
Spence by courtesy of the South Australian Art Gallery; portrait
of Nettie Palmer (50 504.20) by courtesy of State Library of Victoria;
photograph of Constance D'Arcy, Minard Crommelin, Kate Dwyer and
Elsie Dalyell by courtesy of University of Sydney Archives; photograph
of Ida Mann by courtesy of West Australian Newspapers Ltd; official
photoportrait by Dr Julian Smith of Jane Bell by courtesy of Miss
F. R. Lockey, president of Royal Melbourne Hospital Graduate Nurses
Association; photograph of Marie Bjelke-Petersen by courtesy of
Maggie Weidenhofer; photograph of Dorrit Black by courtesy of Mrs
Ruth Goble; photograph of Mary Colton by courtesy of John Colton;
photograph of Matilda Evans by courtesy of Mr G. T. Congreve; photograph
of Pearl Gibbs by courtesy of Heather Goodall; photographs of Bessie
Guthrie by courtesy of Sue Bellamy; photograph of Winifred Kiek
by courtesy of Margaret Knauerhase; photograph of Retta Long by
courtesy of Mrs R. Grace Collins; photograph of Daphne Mayo by courtesy
of Judith McKay; photograph of Helen Mayo by courtesy of of Dr George
Mayo; reproduction of the portrait of Georgiana Molloy by courtesy
of Mrs K. Elkington; photograph of Muriel Heagney by courtesy of
the Communist Party of Australia; photograph of Decima Norman by
courtesy of Mr. E. A. Dewar; photograph of Helen Palmer by courtesy
of Judith Keene; photograph of Fanny Reading by courtesy of Zelda
Feigen; photograph of Jessie Street by courtesy of Irena Dunne;
photograph of Mary Ryan by courtesy of the Ryan family; photograph
of Adela Pankhurst Walsh by courtesy of Susan Hogan; photograph
of Lucy Woodcock by courtesy of the NSW Teachers' Federation.

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