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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 ]
According to an Australian magazine, "In the early 1900s, women were expected to wear cumbersome dress and pantaloon combinations when swimming." Although Kellermann later claimed to have been arrested at Revere Beach for public indecency while wearing one of her suits, there are no contemporary police records or news stories corroborating this ...
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 ...
Share these 55 Women's History Month quotes with the women in your life and with your kids, and let your children know about the impact each of these women had on history.
Laura Palmer-Archer (1864–1929), short story writer under the pseudonym Bushwoman; Susan Parisi (born 1958), Canadian-born writer of horror fiction; Ruth Park (1917–2010), novelist and children's writer; Catherine Langloh Parker (c.1855–1940), fiction writer and Aboriginal folklorist; Menie Parkes (1839–1915), poet and short story writer
Come celebrate Reader's Digest's 100th anniversary with a century of funny jokes, moving quotes, heartwarming stories, and riveting dramas. The post 100 Years of Reader’s Digest: People, Stories ...
On her 80th birthday, in 1905, a public gathering was held and South Australia's chief justice, Sir Samuel James Way said that Spence was "the most distinguished woman they had in Australia". [2] There are numerous memorials to Spence around the Adelaide city centre, including: a bronze statue in Light Square
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.