Who's Who

An index of women featured in Women's History Month, the National History Challenge and other projects supported by AWHF, with links to the Australian Women's Archives Project, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and other authoritative sites.

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Daisy Bates [1863-1951]
Anthropologist and journalist

Gracia (Hilda) Baylor (Parry-Okeden) [8 October 1929-]

Parliamentarian

Jean Beadle (Miller) [1 January 1868- 22 May 1942]

Labor leader, reformer and social worker

Annette Bear-Crawford [1853-7 June 1899]
Feminist

Karen Beck [13 June 1952]
Australian Federal Police Officer

Lou Bennett
Indigenous singer, song writer

Linda (Lyn) Berlowitz (Cave) [1903-July 1998]

Parliamentarian, businesswoman

Amelia Martha (Millie) Best MBE [29 April 1900-14 November 1979]

Party organiser and parliamentarian

Doris Blackburn [18 September 1889 - 12 December 1970]
Politician, peace activist

Margaret Blackwood [26 April 1909-1986]
Botanist, geneticist and servicewoman

Vera Bradford [1904 - 2003]

Pianist, pupil of Percy Grainger.

Ethel Brady [d. 1921]
Composer

Mary Hannah (May) Brahe [6 November 1884 - 14 August 1956]
Composer

Louisa Briggs [14 November 1836- 6 September 1925]
Indigenous activist: nurse

Florence Broadhurst [28 July 1899 - 15 October 1977]
Designer, businessswoman, singer, banjolele player

Joyce Brockhoff

Ada Bromham [1880-1965]
Feminist and temperance worker

June Bronhill [26 June 1929 - 25 January 2005]
Soprano opera singer

Agnes Brown [1868 - 1954]
Christian missionary in Korea

Mary Ann Bugg
Bushranger

Kathleen Burns [1914 - 1999]

Dance band pianist

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Who's Who