Haynes, Edith Annie Mary
(1876 – 1968)Barrister, Law clerk, Lawyer
Edith Haynes was born in Sydney in 1876 and moved with her family to Western Australia in 1891. In 1900, having worked at her uncle’s law firm, she applied to the Barristers Board of Western Australia to sit the examinations necessary to practise as a lawyer. The board refused her request on the grounds that a woman was not a ‘person’ under the Legal Practitioners Act 1893. Haynes challenged the decision in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, but it was upheld; she was never admitted to practice. Edith Haynes died in 1968.
Holmes, Katie
(1962 – )Historian
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Healy, Evelyn Myrtle
(1912 – 2009)Artist, Community activist, Peace activist
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Healy, Mary (Mother Gertrude)
(1865 – 1952)Hospital administrator, Religious Sister
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Grosz, Elizabeth A.
(1952 – )Feminist theorist
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Hamilton, Annette
(1945 – )Anthropologist
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Harper, Janice Mary (Jan)
(1934 – )Equal Opportunity practitioner, Feminist, Sociologist
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Glanville-Hicks, Peggy
(1912 – 1990)Composer, Music critic
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Hall, Edith Mary
(1933 – 2011)Disability rights activist, Women's rights activist
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Goldie, Rosemary
(1916 – 2010)Feminist, Professor, Theologian
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Farquharson, Marie Langley
(1883 – 1954)Community worker
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Foley, Susan Kathleen
(1949 – )Historian
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Foster, Lynn
(1914 – 1985)Playwright, Radio producer, Radio writer, Script editor, Television writer
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French, Valerie
(1949 – )Barrister, Judge, Lawyer
In 1975 Valerie French became the first woman to sign the Western Australia Bar Roll and became the first woman to practise as a barrister in Western Australia. From that time, French’s professional appointments and legal career have continued to serve as a guide for women entering into the legal profession in Western Australia. Beyond her impact on the legal profession as a ‘first’ at the Bar, her substantive legal practice has also influenced Australian law and legal policy, particularly in the field of criminal justice.
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Valerie French was interviewed by Kim Rubenstein for the Trailblazing Women and the Law Oral History Project. For details of the interview see the National Library of Australia CATALOGUE RECORD.
Gates, Minnie May
(1878 – 1966)Community worker
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Egan, Katherine Rose
(1861 – 1951)Charity worker
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Curthoys, Ann
(1945 – )Historian
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Dale, Marguerite Ludovia
(1883 – 1963)Feminist, Playwright
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Davis, Beatrice Deloitte
(1909 – 1992)Editor, Literary mentor
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Daly, Jean Mary
(1897 – 1986)Women's rights activist
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Darian-Smith, Katherine (Kate)
(1961 – )Historian
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Darling, Barbara
(1947 – 2015)Bishop, Teacher
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Dennis, Elizabeth Salisbury
(1943 – )Plant biologist
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Cohen, Ida
(1867 – 1970)Community worker
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Connell, Raewyn
(1944 – )Sociologist
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Crawford, Patricia Marcia
(1941 – )Historian
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Cox, May
(1883 – 1953)Lifesaver, Patriotic fund raiser, Swimmer
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