| Summary Note |
Meet twelve amazing Australian women who have changed the world, in small ways and large. These women are the warriors who paved the way for the artists, business owners, scientists, singers, politicians, actors, sports champions, adventurers, activists and innovators of Australia today. The featured women are: Mary Reibey, convict and businesswoman; Tarenore, Indigenous resistance fighter; Mary Lee, suffragist; Nellie Melba, opera singer; Edith Cowan, politician; Tilly Aston, teacher, writer and disability activist; Rose Quong, actress, lecturer and writer; Elizabeth Kenny, nurse and medical innovator; Annette Kellerman, swimmer and movie star; Lores Bonney, aviation pioneer; Emily Kame Kngwarreye, artist; Ruby Payne-Scott, scientist. |
