As part of this research project we are publishing an online Encyclopedia on Australian women leaders. Have your say on who you think should be included. Check out the list of women proposed so far and make your suggestions.
Mary Booth was born in Sydney in 1869, the eldest of three daughters of schoolmaster, William Booth and his wife Ruth. After graduating in Arts from the University of Sydney, she worked briefly as a governess before an inheritance from her grandfather gave her sufficient income to travel to Britain where she graduated in medicine in 1899. Although, on her return to Sydney in 1900, she established a medical practice she faced considerable opposition from …
Note – the hardcopy print edition is sold out but the entire volume is still accessible online.
Based on papers presented at ‘Women, Leadership and Democracy’, a conference held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in December 2011, Seizing the Initiative: Australian Women Leaders in Politics, Workplaces and Communities brings together a wide range of research to reveal how women in Australia in the twentieth century have negotiated leadership not only in formal politics and political …
