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23 Sep 1943

First women elected to the federal parliament

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Catherine Elizabeth Green

Parliamentarian and lawyer

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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Letty Marie Scott (Gibson) [3 May 1953 - 14 February 2009]

Indigenous artist and activist

Rose Scott [8 October 1847-20 April 1925]
Feminist
Mary Sexton [1938 - ]

Public servant, activist for Indigenous rights.

Eugenie Seyd - Wood [8 March 1896 - 1986]
Composer
Gemma Sisia [3 November 1971 - ]
Teacher and humanitarian
Group Captain Tracy Smart [2 August 1963 - ]
Royal Australian Air Force Medical Officer
Shirley Perry Smith (Mum Shirl) [1924-1998]
Wiradjuri woman, community worker
Wilhelmina (Bill) Smith [1889-1970]
Jockey
Joyce Wilfred Steele [1909-1991]

Parliamentarian

Elsa Stralia [1 March 1881 - 31 August 1945]

Soprano

Jessie Street [1889-1970]
Feminist, peace activist
Allison Sudradjat (Keevil) [23 June 1965 - 7 March 2007]
Diplomat, aid worker
Margaret Sutherland [20 November 1897 - 1984]
Composer
Daisy Sutton [1905 - 1990]

Musician (fiddler)

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