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McGowan, Henrietta Celeste ( - 1937)
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Henrietta McGowan was a pioneer woman journalist who edited a women's page for The Age newspaper in Melbourne forseventeen years. She had a keen interest in issues affecting women, especially working women. In 1913 she collaborated with Margaret Cuthbertson, the first female factory inspector in Victoria, to publish Woman's Work, a guide to the nature, terms and conditions of many kinds of work for women.

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Alternative Names:
  • H. C. McG. (pen name)
  • Walker, Henrietta (married name)
  • Walker, Mrs Frank (a.k.a.)

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c. 1900 - c. 1920

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Sources used to compile this entry: 'Margaret Cuthbertson' enty in the ADB online, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080206b.htm?hilite=cuthbertson [accessed 2007-11-28] and "Samuel Walker McGowan' entry in the ADB online, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050181b.htm?hilite=mcgowan [accessed 2007-1-28].
 
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  • Cuthbertson, Margaret (1864 - )

    Margaret Cuthbertson and Henrietta McGowan coauthored a book about women's working conditions in Victoria in the early twentieth century.

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  • Cuthbertson, Margaret and McGowan, Henrietta, Woman's Work, Lothian, Melbourne, 1913. [ Details... ]
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Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: Nikki Henningham
Created: 28 November 2007
Modified: 20 October 2008
Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
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Updated: 23 December 2008
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