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Sanu Sharma (living), Nepalese-Australian novelist, story writer, poet and lyricist; Tracy Sorensen (living), novelist and academic; Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910), novelist, journalist and social reformer; Eleanor Spence (1928–2008), children's author; Dale Spender (1943–2023), feminist scholar, writer and consultant
Gibbs is seen as one of Australia's first resident professional woman cartoonists and caricaturists and the first Australian woman known to have drawn local political cartoons. "May Gibbs was a pioneer for female cartoonists, especially since she was successful," noted renowned Australian cartoonist Lindsay Foyle. [ 24 ]
Dame Edna Everage, often known simply as Dame Edna, is a character created and performed by late Australian comedian Barry Humphries, known for her lilac-coloured ("wisteria hue") hair and cat eye glasses ("face furniture"); her favourite flower, the gladiolus ("gladdies"); and her boisterous greeting "Hello, Possums!"
Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Australian comedians. It includes comedians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Australian women comedians"
Nancy Bird Walton, AO, OBE (16 October 1915 – 13 January 2009) was a pioneering Australian aviator, known as "The Angel of the Outback", [2] and the founder and patron of the Australian Women Pilots' Association. [3] In the 1930s, she became a fully qualified pilot at the age of 19 to become the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's ...
Although Spence rejected marriage for herself, she had a keen interest in family life and marriage, and other people, and her life's work and her writing were devoted to raising the awareness of and improving the lot of women and children. She successively raised three families of orphaned children, the first being those of her friend Lucy Duval.