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23 Sep 1943

First women elected to the federal parliament

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Amelia Martha (Millie) Best MBE

Party organiser and 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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Marie (Catherine Mary) Narelle [28 January 1870 - 26 January 1941]

Singer

Harriet Newcomb [20 May 1854 - 15 April 1942]
Feminist and educator
Lieutenant Commander Jan Noonan [22 September 1969 - ]
Royal Australian Navy Commander
Oodgeroo Noonuccal [1920-1993]
Poet, Indigenous activist
Rosaleen Norton [2 October 1917 - 5 December 1979]

Known as "The Witch of Kings Cross"

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