Women

Includes women, groups and organisations. These links open in the Australian Women's Register.

A

• ACT Feminist Anti Nuclear Group
• ACT Women's Consultative Council (1989 - 2001) - Consultant, Advocate
• Allan, Frances Elizabeth (1905 - 1952) - Biometrician, Community activist, Statistician, University lecturer
• Archer, Caroline Lillian (1922 - 1978) - Aboriginal activist
• Archer, Robyn (1948 - ) - Advocate, Artistic director, Director, Singer, Writer
• Arndt, Ruth (1915 - 2001) - Community worker, Teacher
• Australian Federation of Graduate Women (Australian Capital Territory) Inc. (1944 - ) - University club/society, Women’s advocacy, Lobby group
• Australian Servicewomen's Memorial - Commemoration

B

• Bailey, Editha Olga Yseult (1903 - 1980) - Community Leader, Potter
• Bailey, Moya Kathleen (1904 - 1996) - Obstetrician, Gynaecologist
• Bancroft, Robyne - Aboriginal Heritage Consultant
• Barbalet, Margaret Evelyn - Author, Historian, Poet, Public servant
• Berry, Yvette (1968? - ) - Parliamentarian
• Bilney, Elizabeth (1943 - 2010) - Feminist, Librarian
• Blackburn, Jean Edna (1919 - 2001) - Feminist, Educator
• Blackman, Barbara (1928 - ) - Patron, Philanthropist, Writer
• Brennan, Gloria Faye (1948 - 1985) - Aboriginal Linguist, Anthropologist, Pianist, Public servant
• Bresnan, Amanda (1971 - ) - Parliamentarian
• Brodtmann, Gai Marie (1963 - ) - Businesswoman, Parliamentarian, Public servant
• Brooks, Suzanne May (1945 - ) - Bureaucrat
• Brown, Jan (1922 - ) - Artist, Sculptor, Teacher
• Brown, Joanne (1972 - ) - Olympian, Softball Player
• Brown, Olive (1945 - 1993) - Aboriginal health worker
• Bryant, Val - Aboriginal Health Worker
• Bryce, Quentin (1942 - ) - Academic, Barrister, Governor, Governor-General, Lawyer
• Buckmaster, Dorothy Ethel (1907 - 1999) - Charity worker, Country Women's Association leader
• Budd, Dilys (1936 - ) - Former British child migrant
• Bulger, Violet Josephine (1900 - 1993) - Wiradjuri Elder
• Burbidge, Nancy Tyson (1912 - 1977) - Botanist, Conservationist
• Burch, Joy - Nurse, Parliamentarian
• Burke, Jacqui - Parliamentarian
• Burton, Clare (1942 - 1998) - Researcher, Public servant, Academic, Consultant, Writer
• Burton, Pamela Melrose (1946 - ) - Author, Lawyer, Solicitor
• The Business and Professional Women's Club of Canberra (1954 - ) - Lobby group, Women’s Rights Organisation and Professional association

C

• Calder, Rosemary Vivian - Bureaucrat
• Canberra Capitals - Sporting organisation
• Canberra Mothercraft Society Inc (1929 - ) - Community organisation, Women's organisation
• Canberra Women's Bowling Club (1957 - 1992) - Sporting Organisation
• Canberra Women's Liberation Group (1970 - 1976) - Social action organisation
• CAPOW!, Coalition of Australian Participating Organisations of Women (1992 - ) - Women's organisation
• Carnell, Anne Katherine (Kate) (1955 - ) - Parliamentarian, Politician, Pharmacist
• Catholic Women's League Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Inc. (1945 - ) - Social support organisation
• Cham, Elizabeth (1948 - ) - Director, Researcher, Philanthropist
• Churcher, Betty (1931 - 2015) - Art educator, Arts administrator, Director
• Clark, Hilma Dymphna (1916 - 2000) - Linguist, Teacher
• Clarke, Patricia (1926 - ) - Historian, Journalist, Writer, Editor
• Coe, Isabel Edie (1951 - 2012) - Aboriginal activist
• Coleman, Marie Yvonne (1933 - ) - Feminist, social activist, educator, researcher, public servant, journalist, Medical Social Worker, Statutory Office Holder
• Connors, Lyndsay Genevieve - Feminist, Journalist, Educator
• Corbett, Joan Lorna (1952 - ) - Academic, Public servant, Teacher, Trade union official
• Country Women's Association of New South Wales, Canberra Branch (1946 - ) - Community organisation
• Craik, Wendy (1949 - ) - Board member, Chief Executive Officer, Public servant, Scientist
• Crespin, Irene (1896 - 1980) - Scientist
• Crisp, Helen Craven (1916 - 2002) - Educator, Feminist
• Cross, Helen - Parliamentarian
• Cruz, Elba (1945 - ) - Women's Refuge Worker, Union activist
• Cullen, Ngingali (1942 - 2012) - Aboriginal activist, Community development worker, Health worker, Nurse
• Cunningham, Mary Emily (1869 - 1930) - Activist, Pastoralist wife, Poet, Red Cross Worker, War worker
• Curley, Sylvia (1898 - 1999) - Nurse, Advocate, Farmer, Local historian
• The Clare Burton Memorial Lectures - Commemoration

D

• Dabrowski, Stasia (1925? - ) - Charity worker
• Daley, Henrietta (Jessie) Shaw (1890 - 1943) - Community worker
• Dalgarno, Ann Patricia (1909? - 1980) - Politician, Nurse, Community advocate
• Daniels, Kay (1941 - 2001) - Writer, Public servant, Historian
• Davidson, Gay (1939 - 2004) - Journalist, Print Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist
• de Berg, Hazel Estelle (1913 - 1984) - Historian
• Denman, Lady Gertrude (1884 - 1954) - Businesswoman, Philanthropist
• Denoon, Pamela (1942 - 1988) - Biochemist, Public servant
• Dobson, Hazel (1906 - c. 1961) - Nurse, Public servant, Social worker
• Dobson, Rosemary de Brissac (1920 - 2012) - Editor, Poet, Writer
• Doobov, Sue (1943 - 2012) - Community Leader, Office worker, Youth worker
• Doogan, Maria Krystyna - Barrister, Coroner, Lawyer, Magistrate, Solicitor
• Dowse, Sara (1938 - ) - Feminist, Women's rights activist, Writer, Public servant
• Dragons Abreast Canberra (1999 - ) - Community organisation, Sporting club
• Dundas, Roslyn (1978 - ) - Parliamentarian, Feminist
• Dunne, Vicki (1956 - ) - Parliamentarian, Political advisor, Public servant

E

• Eatock, Pat (1937 - 2015) - Aboriginal activist, Women's rights activist, Public servant, Film maker, Academic
• Eddison, Marion Louise Osbaldeston (1885 - 1971) - Pioneer farmer
• Edgar, Suzanne (1939 - ) - Author, Poet, Writer
• Edwards, Meredith Ann (1941 - ) - Lecturer, Public servant, Researcher
• Eldridge, Marian Favel Clair (1936 - 1997) - Author, Poet
• Ellis, Annette Louise (1946 - ) - Parliamentarian, Public servant
• Emergency Housekeeper Service (1947 - ) - Community organisation
• Engly, Piphal (1944 - ) - Community worker, Teacher, Interpreter
• Exley, Thea Melvie (1923 - 2007) - Archivist, Art historian

F

• Fagan, Audrey Ann (1962 - 2007) - Policewoman
• Faupula, Sioana (1938 - ) - Community Leader, Teacher
• Ferris, Jeannie Margaret (1941 - 2007) - Journalist, Parliamentarian, Political staffer
• Fildes, Joyce Eleanor (1921 - 2013) - Microanalyst
• Follett, Rosemary (1948 - ) - Politician, Public servant
• Foskey, Deb (1949 - ) - Environmentalist, Farmer, Parliamentarian, Teacher

G

• Gallagher, Katy (1970 - ) - Parliamentarian, Union organiser
• Garran, Lady Hilda (1872 - 1936) - Community Leader
• Gascoigne, Rosalie Norah King (1917 - 1999) - Artist
• Gauci, Glenda (1958 - 2006) - Ambassador
• Gillard, Julia Eileen (1961 - ) - Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Prime Minister, Solicitor
• Godfrey-Smith, Anne (1921 - 2011) - Biochemist, Poet, Producer, Theatre director
• Goodes, Joyce Nancy (1916 - 1990) - Actor, Director, Drama coach, Librarian, Producer, Teacher
• Goward, Pru (1952 - ) - Bureaucrat, Journalist, Parliamentarian
• Grassby, Ellnor Judith - Parliamentarian
• Grattan, Michelle (1944 - ) - Editor, Journalist, Print Journalist
• Green, Dorothy (1915 - 1991) - Academic, Commonwealth or Empire Games gold medalist, Literary critic, Poet, Political activist, Swimmer
• Griffin, Pauline Marcus (1925 - ) - Administrator, Arbitration commissioner, Personnel manager, Social worker
• Guy, Margaret Frances (1910 - 1988) - Nurse, Nurse educator, Nursing administrator

H

• Halligan, Marion Mildred (1940 - ) - Author
• Hammer, Julie Margaret (1955 - ) - Servicewoman
• Haussegger, Virginia (1964 - ) - Journalist, Print Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist
• Healy, June Marie (1934 - ) - Servicewoman, Community worker
• Henderson, Beryl (1897 - 1990) - Women's Liberationist
• Henderson, Heather (1928 - ) - Community Leader
• Hewitt, Alison Hope (1915 - 2011) - University lecturer, Writer
• Higgisson, Paulie - Café proprietor
• Holt, Beatrice (1900 - 1988) - Community worker, Medical practitioner
• Horsfield, Dorothy (1948 - ) - Author, Journalist, Poet
• House, Matilda (1945 - ) - Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal Artist
• Hughes, Helen (1928 - 2013) - Economist
• Hunter, Meredith (1962 - ) - Parliamentarian
• Hunter, Thelma Anna Carmela (1923 - 2016) - Academic, Political scientist, Women's liberationist
• Hyslop, Dorothy Margaret (1916 - 2011) - Embroiderer

I

• Inglis, Amirah (1926 - 2015) - Author, Political activist

J

• Jackson, Lauren (1981 - ) - Basketball Player, Olympian
• Job, Peg (1946 - 2017) - Editor, Writer
• Johnston, Dorothy (1948 - ) - Author, Novelist, Poet, Writer
• Jones, Giulia (1980 - ) - Parliamentarian

K

• Kelly, Roslyn Joan (Ros) (1948 - ) - Parliamentarian
• Koobakene, Salme (1919 - 1998) - Library Assistant, Philanthropist, Refugee

L

• Landau, Yetty (1895 - 1971) - Actor, Broadcaster, Teacher of Elocution, Drama, Speech and Public Speaking
• Le Couteur, Caroline (1952 - ) - Parliamentarian
• Lê, Marion (1947 - ) - Refugee Advocate, Migrant community Advocate
• Leonard, Marjorie (Helen) (1945 - 2001) - Feminist, Nurse, Photographer
• Liangis, Sotiria (1941 - ) - Developer, Philanthropist
• Liepa, Zenta (1927 - 1987) - Refugee, Research assistant
• Lockwood, Penny (c. 1955 - ) - Researcher, Farmer, Community advocate, Councillor
• Lomax, Alice Christina (1893 - 1994) - Publican, Shop keeper, Teacher
• L'Orange, Helen - Bureaucrat, Femocrat
• Lundy, Kate Alexandra (1967 - ) - Politician

M

• MacDonald, Karin (1969 - ) - Parliamentarian
• MacGregor, Marjorie (1947 - ) - Union officer, Welfare worker
• Mahony Griffin, Marion Lucy (1871 - 1961) - Architect
• Martin, Merran (1948 - ) - Teacher
• Marymead Auxiliary - Social services, Volunteer fundraising organisation
• Marymead Child and Family Centre (1967 - ) - Children’s welfare services
• Masters, Isabel A. (1912 - 2000) - Principal, Teacher
• Maxwell, Helen - Art Collector, Curator
• McAppion, Beulah (1927 - ) - Public servant
• McCarthy, Wendy Elizabeth (1941 - ) - Author, Businesswoman, Campaigner, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Company director, Educator, Femocrat, Public speaker
• McConnell, Joyce Marion (1916 - 1991) - Community worker, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser
• McCue, Helen (1949 - ) - Educator, Nurse, Refugee Advocate, Researcher
• McKay, Heather Pamela (1941 - ) - Squash Coach, Squash player
• McKeahnie, Elizabeth Julia (1844 - 1919) - Pastoralist, Poet
• McRae, Roberta - Parliamentarian
• Menzies, Pattie Mae (1899 - 1995) - Community worker
• Mildenhall, Adele Emma (1894 - 1983) - Charity worker, Community worker
• Mills, Carol Moya (1942 - ) - Academic, Librarian, Historian
• Mitchell, Una Hayston (1900 - 1983) - Principal, Teacher
• Moffatt, Marjorie (Ann) (1941 - ) - Academic
• Mulvaney, Jean (1923 - 2004) - Community worker
• Mundine, Kaye (1947 - ) - Aboriginal Administrator, Public servant

N

• National Council of Women of the Australian Capital Territory (1939 - ) - Voluntary organisation
• Netball ACT (1975 - ) - Sporting organisation
• Neumann, Hanna (1914 - 1971) - Mathematician
• Newport, Mary Helen (1927 - 2013) - Public servant
• Nolan, Robyn - Parliamentarian

O

• O'Neil, Pamela Frances (1945 - ) - Feminist, Tribunal Member
• Ordination of Catholic Women Australia (1993 - ) - Religious organisation, Social action organisation

P

• Parliament House Embroidery (1988 - ) - Artwork
• Parsons, Sylvia (1911 - 2000) - Business owner, Dressmaker
• Pegrum, Annabelle Nicole (1952 - ) - Public servant, Architect, Academic
• Pendred, Edith Gladys (1897 - 1964) - Early Childhood Educationist, Kindergarten Principal
• Pinner, Mancell Gwenneth (1922 - 1998) - Radiologist
• Poole, Ruth Lane (1885 - 1974) - Interior designer
• Porter, Mary Edith - Nurse, Parliamentarian
• Powell, Katrina (1972 - ) - Hockey Player, Olympian

R

• Radford, Gail Gordon (1941 - ) - Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, Feminist lobbyist, Public servant, Researcher, Veterinarian
• Randall, Nora (1916 - 1999) - Volunteer
• Randell, Shirley Kaye (1940 - ) - Educator
• Rees, Lucy Frances Harvey (1901 - 1983) - Authority on children’s literature, Book collector, Bookseller, Secretary and organiser of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Canberra Branch)
• Reid, Elizabeth Anne (1942 - ) - Consultant, Educator, Political scientist, Public speaker, Researcher
• Reid, Heather - Chief Executive Officer, Soccer player, Softball player, Sports administrator, Sportswoman
• Reid, Margaret Elizabeth (1935 - ) - Barrister, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor
• Reilly, Marion - Parliamentarian, Public servant, Teacher
• Rudduck, Loma Butterworth (1914 - 2005) - Community activist, Historian, Liaison officer , Radio broadcaster
• Russell, Roslyn Valda Louise (1948 - ) - Historian
• Ryan, Edna Minna (1904 - 1997) - Feminist, Trade unionist, Activist, Writer
• Ryan, Julia (1937 - ) - Women's Liberationist, Educator
• Ryan, Lyndall (1943 - ) - Academic, Educator, Historian, Feminist
• Ryan, Susan (1942 - ) - Parliamentarian, Senator, Educator

S

• Salthouse, Sue (1949 - ) - Disability activist, Human rights advocate, Teacher
• Sawer, Marian - Academic, Political scientist, Public servant
• Saxby, Kerry (1961 - ) - Race walker, Track and Field Athlete
• Schubert, Misha - Community advocate, Journalist, Print Journalist
• Serjeantson, Susan Wyber (1946 - ) - Geneticist
• Seven Writers (1980 - 1998) - Writers Group
• Shea, Agnes Josephine (1931 - ) - Champion for social equity for Aborigines and for reconciliation, Senior Ngunnawal elder
• Sherry, Ann Caroline (1954 - ) - Bureaucrat, Businesswoman
• Smith, Heide (1937 - ) - Photographer
• Solly, Elsie Hope (1924 - 2007) - Servicewoman, Educator
• Soroptimist International of Canberra Incorporated (1954 - ) - Service organisation, Women’s advocacy
• Staib, Margaret Mary (1962 - ) - Air Vice Marshal, Chief Executive Officer
• Stevenson, Mary (1896 - 1985) - Community worker, Political candidate
• Stokes, Meredith - Feminist, Peace activist
• Summers, Anne Fairhurst (1945 - ) - Author, Columnist, Journalist, Political activist, Political scientist, Print journalist, Public speaker, Publisher, Feminist, Historian
• Swinney, Stella Edith (1911 - 1999) - Servicewoman

T

• Taperell, Kathleen Joan (1939 - ) - Teacher, Public servant, Feminist
• Tilley's Devine Café (1984 - ) - Café
• Tillyard, Pattie (1880 - 1971) - Community Leader, Teacher
• Tingle, Laura - Journalist, Print Journalist
• Tippett, Veronica (1944 - 1990) - Aboriginal Administrator, Public servant
• Tory, Ethel Elizabeth (1912 - 2003) - Academic, Teacher
• Townsend, Kathleen - Bureaucrat
• Trounson, Ethel (1900 - 1993) - Community stalwart
• Tucker, Kerrie - Editor, Librarian, Parliamentarian
• Turner, Patricia Ann (1952 - ) - Aboriginal activist, Feminist, Public servant

U

• University House Ladies Drawing Room, Australian National University (1956 - 2002) - Social organisation, voluntary organisation

V

• Vick, Lesley Helen (1945 - ) - Academic, Editor, Researcher, Writer

W

• Walpole, Susan (1942 - ) - Commissioner, Lawyer, Public servant
• Ward, Elizabeth (Biff) - Feminist, Social activist, Writer
• Wardle, Patience Australie (1910 - 1992) - Librarian, Teacher
• Warren, Joyce Dorothy (Joy) - Actor, Company director, Patron, Public relations professional
• Wensing, Petronella Jacoba (1924 - ) - Artist, Community activist, Designer, Social worker, Teacher
• Women in the development of Canberra's sporting history - Historical Theme
• Women's Electoral Lobby (ACT Branch) (1972 - ) - Feminist organisation
• Women's Golf in Canberra
• Women's House (Canberra Women's Centre) (1975 - 1994) - Feminist support service
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - ACT branch (1982 - ) - Peace and social justice organisation
• Women's Studies Program, Australian National University, Australian National University (1976 - 2000) - Tertiary education institution
• Woodroofe, Gwendolyn Marion (1918 - 2012) - Community worker, Virologist
• Woodrow, Carol Joan (1943 - ) - Actor, Director, Teacher, Writer
• Worsley, Maureen Gertrude Theresa (1937 - 2001) - Parliamentarian
• WRANS Memorial HMAS Harman - Commemoration
• Wright, Judith Arundell (1915 - 2000) - Poet, Writer

Y

• Young Women's Christian Association of Canberra (1929 - ) - Community organisation, Not for profit organisation, Women's organisation