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The first woman elected to a local government authority in Australia was Grace Benny, who was elected to the Brighton Council in South Australia in 1919. In 1920 Mary Rogers was elected to Richmond City Council, Victoria and Elizabeth Clapham was elected to Western Australia's Cottesloe Municipal Council .
The first court was established in 1788, [1] the first woman to be awarded a Bachelor of Laws degree graduated in 1903, [2] and the first woman barrister was admitted in 1905. [3] It was not until 1965 that the first woman (Roma Mitchell) was appointed to an Australian judicial position. [4] These pioneering Australians have been described as ...
Daniels, Kay, ed. Australia's women, a documentary history: from a selection of personal letters, diary entries, pamphlets, official records, government and police reports, speeches, and radio talks (2nd ed. U of Queensland Press, 1989) 335pp. The first edition was entitled Uphill all the way : a documentary history of women in Australia (1980).
South Australian women won the parliamentary vote in 1894 and Spence stood for office in 1897. Edith Cowan (1861–1932) was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1921 and was the first woman elected to any Australian Parliament. Women's suffrage in Australia was one of the early achievements of Australian democracy.
Euphemia Bridges Bowes (1816–1900) – president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1885 to 1892. [1] Edith Cowan (1861–1932) – politician, social campaigner, first woman elected to an Australian parliament; Eliza Ashton (1851/1852–1900) – journalist and founding member of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales
There have been 155 women in the Australian House of Representatives since the establishment of the Parliament of Australia. Women have had the right to both vote and sit in parliament since 1902. The first woman to run for the House of Representatives was Selina Anderson at the 1903 election for Dalley, but the first woman elected to the House ...
In 1975, Margaret Guilfoyle became the first female cabinet minister with a portfolio. In 1996 Margaret Reid was the first woman elected as President of the Senate. [7] Women in the Senate have made significant changes to Australian law which have benefited women.
Australia's first woman Premier was Carmen Lawrence, becoming Premier of Western Australia in 1990. [3] The short-lived Australian Women's Party sought to ensure equal representation of men and women at all levels of government. Quentin Bryce was the first woman to hold the position of Governor-General of Australia between September 2008 and ...