Australian Women Of Achievement from Federation to the Mid-20th Century
This book details the life stories of twenty-eight courageous Australian women who broke down the barriers of prejudice against women entering the professions, the arts and sport in Australia's developing years. From volunteers in all-women field hospitals during World War I; those who provided women with contraceptives and knowledge of birth control to lower the death toll from backyard abortions; Victoria's first female QC, to our first female Olympic gold medallist swimmer, Australia's first female publisher and the first Aboriginal justice of the peace, these stories find a place in this remarkable testament to a group of purposeful women.
