Historic moment, but barriers remain for half the population

by Anne Summers Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2010

Julia Gillard may have played down the significance of her sex when she became Australia’s first female prime minister yesterday, saying she “did not set out to crash my head against any glass ceilings” and pointing out that she was also the first redhead to lead the [...]

Death of Australia’s first woman archivist

August 5, 2009

Miss Mollie Lukis, Australia’s first woman archivist when she was appointed the first State Archivist in Western Australia in 1945, has died at the age of 98. At the time of her appointment, the position was part of the combined Public Library, Art Gallery and Museum and the first Archivist’s role was to [...]

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