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23 Sep 1943

First women elected to the federal parliament

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Mary Sexton

Public servant, activist for Indigenous rights.

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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Belinda Matonti

Opera singer and teacher of singing

Georgiana McCrae [15 March 1804-24 May 1890]

Artist, musician and rural pioneer

Tess McGair

Music teacher, singer and pianist

Margaret Edgeworth McIntyre (David) OBE [28 November 1886-2 September 1948]

Parliamentarian

Rania McPhillamy [1886 - ?]
Wartime aid worker
Belle Menzies [1856 - 1935]
Christian missionary in Korea
Beatrice (Bea) Miles [17 September 1902 - 3 December 1973]
Eccentric: original "bag lady"
Emma Miller (Holmes, Silcock, Calderwood) [26 June 1839-22 January 1917]
Labour reformer, peace activist
Mabel Miller

Parliamentarian

Varney Monk [unknown]
Composer
Lola Montez [17 February 1818 - 17 January 1861]
Dancer, actress and courtesan
Bessie Moore [1863 - 1956]
Christian missionary in Korea
Wendy Morrissey [1926 - 19 February 2005]
Associate Composer
Alice M Moyle [1908 - 9 April 2005]
Ethnomusicologist
Ethel Munn

Gunggari elder

Eva Mylott [1875 - c.1920]
Singer

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