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Australian Women
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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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| 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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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 23 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2889b.htm |