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23 Sep 1943

First women elected to the federal parliament

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Dorothy Tangney

Parliamentarian

Women's History Month 2011

Kitchen Entrepreneurs: Women in the Food Business

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Women's History Month 2010

Demeter’s Daughters: women’s harvest history

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IWD events

8 March is International Women's Day

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About the Australian Women's History Forum

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About Women's History Month

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National History Challenge

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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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Marjorie Lawrence [17 February 1909 - 13 January 1979]
Singer and soprano
Louisa Lawson [17 February 1848 - 12 August 1920]
Helen Leonard [1945-2001]
Feminist, nurse, photographer
Isabel Letham [1899 - 1955]
Swimmer; swimming teacher
Joice Nankivell Loch [24 January 1887 - 8 October 1982]
Journalist, novelist and medical worker
Irene Maud Longman (Bayley) [24 April 1877-29 July 1864]

Parliamentarian and teacher

Edith Mary Lowe (Farris) [8 November 1925 - ]

Member Women's Land Army Victoria

Lottie Lyell (Cox) [1890-1925]
Film actor
Enid Lyons (Burnell) DBE [9 July 1897-2 September 1981]

Parliamentarian

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