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- Magazine
- The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - )
- Magistrate
- Cowper, Robina Fordyce (1866 - 1948), Lay preacher, Magistrate, Religious Leader and Women's rights activist
- O'Shane, Patricia (1941 - ), Barrister, Public servant, Teacher, Management consultant, Magistrate, Café owner, University Chancellor and Aboriginal activist
- Staunton, Patricia Jane (1946 - ), Alderman, Magistrate, Nurse and Parliamentarian
- Mail agent
- Cable, Kate Louisa (1899 - 1999), Mail agent and Postmistress
- Management consultant
- Briggs, Jill, Business woman, Farmer and Management consultant
- Dombkins, Margaret, Management Consultant and Teacher
- O'Shane, Patricia (1941 - ), Barrister, Public servant, Teacher, Management consultant, Magistrate, Café owner, University Chancellor and Aboriginal activist
- Manager
- Adair, Michele (c. 1961 - ), Manager, Political candidate and Strategic adviser
- Appleby, Kim, Office Manager
- Bennetts, Rosalie (1940 - ), Farmer, Manager and Office worker
- Bourne, Christine (1949 - ), Manager and Environmental consultant
- Bush, Valerie, Client service manager
- Cooper, Heather, Community stalwart and Manager
- Copping, Moira (1954 - ), Manager
- Csanki, Sharyn (c. 1964 - ), Project Manager
- Denman, Kay Janet (1937 - ), Manager, Parliamentarian, Secretary and Teacher
- Eckersley, Charmian, Librarian and Manager
- Fisher, Mary Jo (1962 - ), Manager, Parliamentarian and Policy adviser
- Freihaut, Kathy (c. 1971 - ), Shop manager
- Gemmell, Suzie, IT professional and Project manager
- Graham, Pauline Anne (c. 1944 - ), Manager
- Harben, Susan (c. 1953 - ), Manager
- Hewson, Sarah Alexandra (c. 1948 - ), Manager and Councillor
- Holdaway, Emelia, Environmental manager
- Jenkins, Jemima Matcham (1786 - 1842), Pastoralist and Property manager
- Kippin, Victoria Ann (1942 - ), Local government councillor, Manager, Parliamentarian and Teacher
- Kraus, Heather, Manager
- Leckie, Vera Gladys (1898 - ?), Pastoralist and Property manager
- Luckins, Maree Therese (1968 - ), Teacher, Parliamentarian and Property manager
- Macarthur-Onslow, Eliza Elizabeth (1840 - 1911), Pastoralist and Property manager
- Mccafferty, Joanne (1967 - ), Lawyer, Political candidate and Manager
- Mitchell, Susan Katherine, Manager and Nurse
- Russell, Karen, Architect and Manager
- Wareing, Imogen, Company director and Manager
- Winton, Tabitha, Project manager
- Marketing officer
- De Leau, Lesa (c. 1967 - ), Human resources officer and Marketing officer
- Plant, Merilyn (1946 - ), Agriculturalist, Farmer and Marketing officer
- Strom, Jan Query, Marketing officer, Lecturer and Facilitator
- Marriage celebrant
- Sutton, Julie (1937 - ), Teacher and Marriage celebrant
- Maternal
- Bardsley, Doris (1895 - 1968), Child welfare advocate., Maternal and Nurse
- Mathematician
- Neumann, Hanna (1914 - 1971), Mathematician
- Reverberi, Daniela, Mathematician
- Matron
- Abbott, Gertrude (1846 - 1934), Matron and Social worker
- Adderley, Vera May (1915 - ), Matron and Servicewoman
- Ardill, Louisa (1853 - 1920), Evangelist, Matron and Social worker
- Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983), Nurse and Matron
- Bowe, Ethel Jessie (1906 - 1961), Nurse, Servicewoman and Matron
- Briggs, Louisa (1836 - 1925), Aboriginal spokesperson, Matron, Midwife and Nurse
- Burkhill, Emma (1864 - 1936), Matron
- Carter, Ida Johanna, Matron
- Childs, Thelma Minnie (1914 - 2003), Servicewoman and Matron
- Cliffe, Anna Maria, Prison matron
- Conyers, Evelyn Augusta (1870 - 1944), Matron and Servicewoman
- Crittenden, Jean Hilda (1906 - ), Matron and Servicewoman
- Dillon, Doris Ruth (1896 - 1977), Evangelist and Matron
- Docker, Betty Bristow (1920 - 2001), Servicewoman, Nurse and Matron
- Drummond, Irene Melville (1905 - 1942), Matron and Servicewoman
- Graham, Margaret (1860 - 1942), Nurse and Matron
- Grant, Beryl (1921 - ), Matron
- Hutchinson, Mary (1810 - 1880), Prison matron
- Kellett, Adelaide Maud, Matron
- Kirwan, Joan Dorothy (1924 - 2003), Servicewoman, Nurse and Matron
- Laidlaw, Annie Ina (1889 - 1978), Matron and Servicewoman
- Lang, Margaret Irene (1893 - ), Nurse and Matron
- Schenk, Isobel May, Matron and Matron
- Shaw, Edith Lydia (1901 - ), Matron
- Simper, Elsie (1905 - 1999), Matron and Nurse
- Walsh, Agnes Marion McLean (1890 - 1967), Matron
- Wheatley, Alice Jean (1904 - ), Servicewoman and Matron
- Wilson, Grace Margaret (1879 - 1957), Matron
- Mayor
- Arrowsmith, Valda Louise, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Baghel, June Rose, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Baker, Dorothy Jean, Local government councillor, Mayor and Political candidate
- Bateman, Janice Gwendoline (1935 - ), Local government councillor, Mayor and Political candidate
- Buckingham, Helen Elizabeth (1952 - ), Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian and Teacher
- Budge, Anne, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Burke, Shirley Olga (1921 - 1975), Barrister, Local government councillor, Mayor and Solicitor
- Chapman, Wanda C., Local government councillor and Mayor
- Condon, Doris Catherine (1908 - 1979), Local government councillor and Mayor
- Cooper, Janet Pierson (1891 - 1984), Anaesthetist, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Crawcour, Priscilla, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Cross, Marcia Jean, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Dalley, Marie (1880 - 1965), Business woman, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Dennis, Jean, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Ellis, Sharon, Local government councillor, Mayor and Political candidate
- Farrington, Gwendolyn Ethel, Business woman, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Gambetta, Kathleen Mary, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Garrett, Jane Furneaux (1973 - ), Local government councillor, Mayor and Parliamentarian
- Harris, Helen Doxford, Historian, Local government councillor, Mayor and Political candidate
- Hedditch, Mabel Emily (1897 - 1966), Cheesemaker, Community worker, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Hewett, Frances Kathleen (1903 - 1990), Local government councillor, Mayor, Music teacher and Musician
- Huxley, Keri, Community advocate, Local government councillor, Mayor, Writer and Editor
- Ibbott, Nellie Grace (1889 - 1970), Local government councillor and Mayor
- Ivison, Ruby May, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Jackson, Elizabeth, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Kovacs, Lorraine E., Local government councillor and Mayor
- Landt, Maria Victoria, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Laver, Dorothy Yvonne, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Lempriere, Kate, Civil celebrant, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Lloyd, Vashti A. F., Local government councillor and Mayor
- Lottkowitz, Kirstin J., Local government councillor and Mayor
- Machin, Gladys Ellen, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Martens, Veronika, Local government councillor and Mayor
- McCaughey, Winsome, Feminist, Local government councillor and Mayor
- McKenzie, Gertrude Josephine, Aviator, Business woman, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Norris, Ruth, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Ord, Lecki, Architect, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Peel, Florence Ethel, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Penny, Elizabeth, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Plummer, Janette Lucie, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Poelman, Esther Primrose, Local government councillor, Mayor and Political candidate
- Relph, Helen, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Robinson, Nellie Elizabeth (1915 - 1992), Mayor, Radio presenter and Teacher
- Ross, Coral, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Say, Joyce, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Sheehan, Ellen (1895 - 1959), Local government councillor and Mayor
- Taylor, Adriana Johanna (1946 - ), Local government councillor, Mayor and Parliamentarian
- Tilson, Doris Myra Oulton (1893 - 1968), Local government councillor and Mayor
- Turner, Margaret Lillian, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Twohig, Lois June, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Wheeler, Eileen Jessie, Community worker, Local government councillor and Mayor
- Willoughby, Norma Joan, Local government councillor, Mayor and Political candidate
- Wreford, Lorraine Joan (1961 - ), Local government councillor, Mayor and Parliamentarian
- Mayoress
- Corrie, Christina Jane (1867 - 1937), Mayoress and Woman's rights activist
- Mechanical engineer
- Andrews, Karen Lesley, Industrial relations consultant, Mechanical engineer and Parliamentarian
- Media executive
- Coleman, Ruth Nancy (1931 - 2008), Media Executive and Parliamentarian
- Flynn, Julie, Board Member, Journalist, Media Executive and Radio Journalist
- Mediator
- Wright, Penelope (Penny) Lesley, Lawyer, Mediator and Parliamentarian
- Medical administrator
- Chatfield, Florence (1867 - 1949), Nurse and Medical administrator
- Flett, Penelope (Penny) Ruth, Medical administrator
- Medical practitioner
- Ball, Judith (c. 1953 - ), Medical practitioner and Political candidate
- Barrett, Edith Helen (1872 - 1939), Medical practitioner
- Beal, Susan Mitchell (1935 - ), Medical practitioner
- Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd (1872 - 1960), Medical practitioner
- Bhattacharyya, Tuntuni Bratati (c. 1968 - ), Medical practitioner and Political candidate
- Biggs, Lucy Blanche, Medical practitioner
- Bright, Elizabeth Holden (1914 - ), Medical practitioner
- Brown, Vera Scantlebury (1889 - 1946), Medical practitioner and Paediatrician
- Caldicott, Helen Mary (1938 - ), Medical practitioner and Nuclear disarmament activist
- Canessa, Jacqueline (1972 - ), Medical practitioner
- Casley-Smith, Marjorie (1901 - ), Medical practitioner
- Cooper, Lilian Violet (1861 - 1947), Medical practitioner and Surgeon
- Crowley, Rosemary Anne (1938 - ), Medical practitioner, Parliamentarian and Tutor
- Ellis, Constance (1872 - 1942), Medical practitioner
- Greenham, Eleanor Constance (1878 - 1957), Medical Practitioner
- Greig, Janet Lindsay (Jenny) (1874 - 1950), Medical practitioner
- Gullett, Lucy Edith (1876 - 1949), Medical practitioner and Philanthropist
- Hailes, Dorothy (Jean) (1926 - 1988), Medical practitioner
- Harris, Cornelia Donata Eva Johanna (1958 - ), Medical practitioner and Environmentalist
- Hatfield, Bronia (Bronislawa), Medical practitioner and Psychiatrist
- Hope, Laura Margaret (1868 - 1952), Medical practitioner and Missionary
- Hurman, Edith Myra, Medical practitioner
- Joy, Alexandra Margaret Anne ( - 1963), Medical practitioner
- Jull, Roberta Henrietta Margaritta (1872 - 1961), Medical practitioner
- Lloyd-Green, Lorna (1910 - 2002), Medical practitioner
- Mackenzie, Helen Pearl (1913 - ), Medical practitioner and Missionary
- McGee, Therese Mary (1957 - ), Medical practitioner and Political candidate
- Mocatta, Frances (1921 - ), Medical practitioner
- Officer, Doris Lyne (1898 - ), Medical practitioner
- O'Reilly, Susannah Hennessy (1881 - 1960), Medical practitioner and Obstetrician
- Osborne, Ethel Elizabeth (1882 - 1968), Medical practitioner
- Papadakis, Victoria, Medical practitioner, Political candidate and Public Health Worker
- Pfitzner, Bernice, Medical practitioner and Parliamentarian
- Phatarfod, Bharati (Barri), Medical practitioner
- Raphael, Margaret Betty, Medical practitioner
- Reading, Fanny (1884 - 1974), Medical practitioner, Women's rights activist and Zionist
- Rivett, Amy Christine (1891 - 1962), Medical practitioner
- Ross, Isabella Younger (Isie) (1887 - 1956), Medical practitioner
- Sandford-Morgan, Elma (1890 - 1983), Medical practitioner
- Sharfstein, Lottie, Medical practitioner
- Shergold, Una, Medical practitioner
- Siedlecky, Stefania Winifred (1921 - ), Medical practitioner
- Stone, Emma Constance (1856 - 1902), Medical practitioner and Feminist
- Waddy, Nanette Stacy, Medical practitioner
- Waldron-Hahn, Victoria, Medical practitioner and Yoga instructor
- Wall, Annie (Winifred) (1900 - 2001), Medical practitioner
- Weekes, Hazel Claire (Claire) (1904 - 1990), Medical practitioner and Broadcaster
- Wilson, Ellen Mary Kent, Medical practitioner
- Medical researcher
- Ferrara, Margaret Louise, Veterinary scientist and Medical researcher
- Lomax-Smith, Jane, Local government councillor, Medical researcher, Parliamentarian and Pathologist
- Medical scientist
- Campbell, Kate Isabel (1899 - 1986), Medical scientist
- Clarke, Adrienne Elizabeth (1938 - ), Botanist and Medical scientist
- Daws, Joyce Margaretta (1925 - 2007), Medical scientist
- Earle, Mary Philomena, Medical scientist
- Kincaid-Smith, Priscilla Sheath (1926 - ), Medical scientist
- Macnamara, Annie Jean (1899 - 1968), Medical scientist
- Medical secretary
- Robey, Ilse Bertha Sophie (c. 1914 - 2001), Medical secretary
- Medical social worker
- Coleman, Marie Yvonne, Feminist, social activist, educator, researcher, public servant, journalist, Medical Social Worker and Statutory Office Holder
- Meeting place
- Storey Hall (1887 - )
- Membership organisation
- Australian Federation of Medical Women (1927 - )
- Australian Women Pilots' Association (1950 - )
- BPW Wollongong (1953 - )
- The Catalysts' Society (1910 - )
- Electrical Association for Women
- Federated Association of Australian Housewives (1923 - )
- Girls' Secondary Schools' Club, Sydney (1927 - 1994)
- Housewives Association (Australia) South Australian Division (1926 - )
- Housewives Association of New South Wales (1918 - )
- Housewives Association of Victoria (1915 - )
- Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (1912 - )
- Medical Women's Society of New South Wales (1921 - )
- National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (1923 - )
- National Council of Jewish Women, Brisbane Section (1927 - )
- National Council of Jewish Women, New South Wales Section (1923 - )
- The National Council of Jewish Women, South Australia Section (1929 - )
- National Council of Jewish Women, Victoria Section (1927 - )
- National Council of Jewish Women, Western Australia Section (1929 - )
- New South Wales Bush Nursing Association (1911 - 1975)
- South Australian Medical Women's Society
- Victorian Medical Women's Society (1896 - )
- West Australian Housewives' Association (1920 - 1984)
- Women Justices' Association of Victoria (1938 - )
- Women Principals Association (Vic.) (1940 - )
- The Women's Club (1901 - ?)
- Metalworker
- Beaver, Aileen Winifred (1926 - ), Metalworker, Political candidate, Trade unionist and Activist
- Microbiologist
- Cahn, Audrey Josephine (1905 - 2008), Microbiologist, Dietician, Servicewoman and Lecturer
- Jackson, Mavis (1913 - 2000), Microbiologist
- Millis, Nancy Fannie (1922 - ), Microbiologist
- Midwife
- Briggs, Louisa (1836 - 1925), Aboriginal spokesperson, Matron, Midwife and Nurse
- Catchpole, Margaret (1762 - 1819), Convict, Midwife and Nurse
- Hastie, Carolyn, Midwife
- Smallwood, Gracelyn (1951 - ), Aboriginal health worker, midwife and nurse
- Winch, Marie Joan (1935 - ), Aboriginal Health Worker, Midwife and Nurse
- Migrant community advocate
- Babacan, Hurriyet (1961 - ), Academic, Migrant community Advocate, Public servant and Policy adviser
- Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy (1922 - ), Feminist, Human rights advocate, Migrant community Advocate, Peace activist and Sociologist
- Drozd, Elizabeth, Chief Executive Officer - Ethnic Community Organisation and Migrant community Advocate
- Koutsounadis-Germanos, Vivi (c. 1946 - ), Counsellor, Migrant community Advocate and Psychologist
- Lê, Marion (1947 - ), Refugee Advocate and Migrant community Advocate
- McGill, Edna Betty, Migrant community Advocate, Political candidate and Public Education Advocate
- Santospirito, Lena (1895 - 1983), Community worker and Migrant community Advocate
- Watts, Margaret Sturge (1892 - 1978), Migrant community Advocate, Welfare worker and Peace activist
- Migrant support worker
- Baptiste-Rooke, Marguerite, Migrant Support Worker and Public servant
- Mulder, Beryl (1941 - ), Migrant Support Worker and Migrant Women's Rights Advocate
- Migrant welfare organisation
- Australian-Polish Community Services (1983 - )
- Catholic Migrant Centre (1984 - )
- Migrant women's organisations
- Association of Non-English Speaking Background Women of Australia (1987 - )
- Women's Network (1984 - )
- Migrant women's rights advocate
- Mottee, Matina (1931 - ), Migrant Women's Rights Advocate
- Mulder, Beryl (1941 - ), Migrant Support Worker and Migrant Women's Rights Advocate
- Milliner
- Ward, Elizabeth Jane (1842 - 1908), Evangelist, Milliner and Philanthropist
- Miner
- Alfonsi, Teresa (Tess) Vera (1907 - 1986), Businesswoman and Miner
- Minister
- Court, Margaret Jean (1942 - ), Minister and Tennis player
- Jonsson, Dee Richelle, Minister
- Kiek, Winifred (1884 - 1975), Academic and Minister
- McRae-McMahon, Dorothy Margaret (1934 - ), Activist and Minister
- Missionary
- Ambrose, Ethel Murray (1874 - 1934), Missionary
- Arnold, Ellen (1858 - 1931), Missionary and Teacher
- Arnold, Ellen (1858 - 1931), Missionary and Teacher
- Baeyertz, Emilia Louise (1842 - ?), Evangelist and Missionary
- Buchanan, Florence Griffiths (1861 - 1913), Missionary and Teacher
- Ey, Anna Victoria (1839 - 1917), Missionary
- Fritsch, Berthe Mathilde (1896 - ), Missionary
- Greene, Anne (1884? - 1965), Missionary and Nurse
- Hassall, Eliza Marsden (1834 - 1917), Missionary
- Hetherington, Isabella (1870? - 1946), Missionary
- Homann, Luise (1837 - 1932), Missionary
- Hope, Laura Margaret (1868 - 1952), Medical practitioner and Missionary
- Jacob, Maria Elizabeth (1841 - 1924), Missionary
- Jericho, Helen Thelka (1896 - 1983), Missionary
- Kerr, Edith Amelia (1893 - 1975), Headmistress and Missionary
- Lake, Serena Thorne (1842 - 1902), Preacher, Missionary, Social reformer and Suffragist
- Long, Retta Jane (1878 - 1956), Missionary
- Mackenzie, Helen Pearl (1913 - ), Medical practitioner and Missionary
- Main, E. Alice, Missionary and Nurse
- Noble, Angelina (1890? - 1964), Aboriginal Missionary
- Smith, Christina (1809? - 1893), Missionary and Teacher
- Strehlow, Friedericke (Frieda) Johanna Henriette (1875 - 1957), Missionary
- Thomson, Marlienne (1933 - ), Nurse and Missionary
- Vogelsang, Anna Maria (1855 - 1945), Missionary
- Moderator
- Wells, Lilian C (1911 - 2001), Moderator
- Molecular oncology
- Cory, Suzanne (1942 - ), Biochemist and Molecular oncology
- Mortgage broker
- Tuckwell, Pamela Robyn, Mortgage broker
- Mothercraft nurse
- Hill, Jane Margaret (1936 - ), Parliamentarian, Local government councillor and Mothercraft nurse
- Jakins, Judith Helen (1940 - ), Farmer, Mothercraft nurse and Parliamentarian
- Motor racing driver
- Jones, Nina Eva Vida (1882 - 1966), Motor Racing Driver
- Mountaineer
- Byles, Marie Beuzeville (1900 - 1979), Author, Conservationist, Feminist, Journalist, Lawyer, Mountaineer, Pacifist, Photographer, Political activist and Print Journalist
- Museum
- National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame (1994 - )
- Music adjudicator
- Concannon, Gertrude (1899 - 1978), Arranger, Author, Composer, Music adjudicator, Music teacher, Musician, Opera singer and Pianist
- Music director
- Young, Simone (1961 - ), Conductor and Music director
- Music teacher
- Bannon, Agnes Emily ( - 1987), Music teacher and Political candidate
- Concannon, Gertrude (1899 - 1978), Arranger, Author, Composer, Music adjudicator, Music teacher, Musician, Opera singer and Pianist
- Hewett, Frances Kathleen (1903 - 1990), Local government councillor, Mayor, Music teacher and Musician
- Scott, Emily (1882 - 1957), Journalist, Lecturer, Music teacher, Musician and Writer
- Musician
- Brookes, Ivy (1883 - 1970), Advocate, Community worker, Musician and Philanthropist
- Concannon, Gertrude (1899 - 1978), Arranger, Author, Composer, Music adjudicator, Music teacher, Musician, Opera singer and Pianist
- Hanson-Dyer, Louise Berta Mosson (1884 - 1962), Musician, Patron and Publisher
- Hewett, Frances Kathleen (1903 - 1990), Local government councillor, Mayor, Music teacher and Musician
- Jordan, Ellen Violet (1913 - 1982), Local government councillor, Musician, Parliamentarian and Teacher
- MacGillivray, Melva Emily (Tommy) (1900 - 1993), Musician, Sportswoman and Volunteer
- McHenry, Zoe Rosalind (1901 - 1971), Accompanist, Composer, Musician and Teacher
- Mead, Sister Janet (1938 - ), Musician and Religious Sister
- Moon, Silver (1952 - ), Audio Engineer, Composer, Environmentalist, Feminist, Lecturer, Musician, Political activist and Public servant
- Ogg, Margaret Ann (1863 - 1953), Electoral reformer, Feminist, Journalist, Musician, Poet and Writer
- Rankine, Dorothy Leila (1932 - 1993), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal community worker, Educator and Musician
- Rich, Ruby (1888 - 1988), Feminist, Musician and Pacifist
- Scott, Emily (1882 - 1957), Journalist, Lecturer, Music teacher, Musician and Writer
- Willmore, Henrietta (1842 - 1938), Musician and women's rights activist
- Woodhead, Lyn, Cattle Farmer, Community stalwart and Musician