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Founders, Firsts and Feminists

Founders, Firsts and Feminists was the outcome of a conference held in November 2010 as part of Linkage Project LP100200304, Women and Leadership in a Century of Australian Democracy. It features an introduction and essays on the following Australian women leaders:

NOTE: Links open in the Founders, Firsts and Feminists section of this website.

Seizing the Initiative

Seizing the Initiative had its origins in papers delivered at the conference 'Women, Democracy and Leadership in Twentieth Century Australia' held in Canberra in December 2011 as part of Linkage Project LP100200304, Women and Leadership in a Century of Australian Democracy. It features overviews and essays on the following Australian women leaders:

NOTE: Links open in the Seizing the Initiative section of this website.

Additional women leaders are featured in these articles. See the citation page for a list of these additional women leaders against the articles they appear in. Additional women leaders featured in these articles include:

Marnie Bassett
Ellen Ida Benham
Mary Booth
Vera Scantlebury Brown
Anna Burke
Enid Campbell
Anne Coombs
Ann Corcoran
Ruth Crow
Lily D'Ambrosio
Cecilia Downing
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Jacqueline Goodnow
Bella Guerin
Dorothy Hill
Ursula Hoff
Mollie Holman
Roberta Jull
Leonie Kramer
Norma McArthur
Helen McCue
Jean Martin
Helen Mayo
Hanna Neumann
Barbara Niven
Maude O'Connell
Kaye Oddie
June Olley
Ethel Osborne
Ann Polis
Millicent Preston Stanley
Helen Newton Turner
Susan Varga
Camilla Wedgwood
Judith Wright McKinney

Diversity in Leadership

Further papers from the conference 'Women, Democracy and Leadership in Twentieth Century Australia' held in Canberra in December 2011 will be published in 2014 by ANU Press: Diversity in Leadership: Australian Women, Past and Present, (ANU Press Forthcoming 2014) eds Joy Damousi, Kim Rubenstein, Mary Tomsic. Download this book from ANU Press.

National Film and Sound Archive - YouTube Playlist

Project partner the National Film and Sound Archive contributed biographical entries on women leaders in Australian Film, Radio and Television, as well as creating a project-specific YouTube playlist of selected clips aiming to present a more gender-balanced account of social and political movements, as part of Linkage Project LP100200304, Women and Leadership in a Century of Australian Democracy.

See the citation page for a list of clips on the YouTube playlist.

National Library of Australia - Oral History Project

Project partner the National Library of Australia supported an oral history project providing an analytical portrait of women leaders and their role in the ongoing creation of a democratic Australian society, as part of Linkage Project LP100200304, Women and Leadership in a Century of Australian Democracy.

See the citation page for a list of women interviewed.

Stirrers with Style!

Stirrers with Style! showcases the lives and achievements of the women who were presidents of the National Council of Women of Australia between 1931 and 2006. The exhibition is a project outcome from Linkage Project LP088371, Between State and World: A History of the National Council of Women of Australia 1931–2006. It features essays on the following NCWA presidents:

NOTE: Links open in the Stirrers with Style! exhibition website.

A 'Blueprint' for Union Organising

A 'Blueprint' for Union Organising is an outcome of Linkage Project LP100200304, Women and Leadership in a Century of Australian Democracy, in conjunction with the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch). It features essays on the following ANF trade union leaders:

NOTE: Links open in the A 'Blueprint' for Union Organising exhibition website.

Labour History

Labour History, No. 104, May 2013, was a thematic issue dedicated to the study of labour women's leadership. Citations to Labour History from women in the Encyclopedia have been included in individual entries. A list of relevant articles is noted here. Additional women leaders featured in these articles include:

NOTE: Labour History is available on a subscription basis. Check your local library for availability. We have provided links from our citations to the JSTOR stable url for the article abstracts.

Lizzie Ahern
Selina Anderson
Sis Anderson
Mrs Fred Aronson
Meredith Atkinson
Mrs Barry
Jean Beadle
Kathleen Best
Nellie Black
Jean Blackburn
Mrs Bryant
Helen Bull
Elizabeth Burns
Mrs Butterfield
Aileen Callick
Ellen Cashman
Imelda Cashman
Marie Coleman
Ada Collins
Ellen Couchman
Ellen Creswell
Louisa Cross
Jean Daley
Daisy Diwell
Mrs Donohue
Mrs Dorey
Kate Dwyer
Heather Egan
Flora Eldershaw
Jean Elliott
Miss Essex
Myrtle Evans
Elizabeth Evatt
Minnis Felstead
Ruth Fowler
Mary Gaudron
Ruby Gay
Jenny George
Elva Giekie
Hilary Gill
Bridget Gilling
Mary Gilmore
Eleanor Glencross
Miss Gorman
Henrietta Greville
Jenny Scott Griffiths
Lucy Gullett
Grace Hanson
Lesbia Harford
Ivy Heath (Chapman)
Alice Henry
Miranda Hill
Sarah Hill
Muriel Hinton
Elsie Hood
Maud Hood
Maud Howard
Agnes Inglis
Mrs Irvine
Celia John
Elizabeth Johnson
Grace Keamy
Bernice Kelly
Miss Keystone
Mary Lee
Deborah McCulloch
Ethel McDonnell
Miss C.M. McGrath
Jane McLeod
Jan Marsh
Mary Matthews
Betty Matthias
Jean Mee
Adelaide Miethke
Lucy Moricey
Mary Moss
Ida Nagel
Paris Nesbit
Linda Norton
Carmel Nyhan
Maude O'Connell
Kathleen O'Keefe
Margaret O'Neill
Doris Osborne
Mary Owen
Isabella Parker
Mary Willmot Phillips
Olive Phillips
Ellen Powell
Helen Prendergast
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Helen Robertson
Gladys Robinson
Mary Rogers
Joan Rosser
Edna Ryan
Mary Ryan
Susan Ryan
Ruth Shepherd
Ethel Skipper
Mrs Thornton Smith
Thelma Solomon
Betty Spears
Creo Stanley
Lalla Steele
Rose Summerfield
Mabel Swanton
Gladys Thomas
Pat Thompson
Elizabeth Tighe
Mrs Emily Turner
Mrs Theodore Wallace
Mary Ward
Ruby Warway
Phoebe Watson
Liz Watts
Vera Watts
Flora Wearne
Margaret Wearne
May Webber
Lucy Woodcock