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Edith Dircksey COWAN
Also known as: née Brown
Born: 2 August 1861
Died: 9 June 1932
Resources
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Image - Edith Dircksey Cowan
Photographer: unknown
Battye Library, 1364P
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Image - English Quote Signed by Edith Cowan
Description: Signed letter to the people of Western Australia by Edith Cowan as part of the Western Australian Centenary Celebrations Date: 1929 Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32292912 Author: Edith Cowan Licensing: This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired.
Wikimedia Commons: File:Edith Cowan WANP 05Jul1929.jpg
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References
Nugent, Maria. (2002). Women’s Employment and Professionalism in Australia: Histories, Themes and Places. Canberra, ACT: Australia Heritage Commission, p. 84.
PARLIAMENT BUILDING
“Associated with Edith Cowan (first woman member of State Assembly); May Holman (first woman Labor member of the Legislative Assembly; Florence Cardell-Oliver (first woman cabinet minister in the State Assembly); and Carmen Lawrence (the first women [sic] premier.”Nugent, Maria. (2002). Women’s Employment and Professionalism in Australia: Histories, Themes and Places. Canberra, ACT: Australia Heritage Commission, p. 84.
EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY
“Named after Edith Cowan, the first woman member of a State Assembly.”Nugent, Maria. (2002). Women’s Employment and Professionalism in Australia: Histories, Themes and Places. Canberra, ACT: Australia Heritage Commission, p. 84.EDI
TH COWAN MEMORIAL CLOCK
“A memorial to Edith Cowan, the first woman member of a State Assembly. The memorial acknowledges her contribution to the struggle for women to have a place and voice in public political life.”Hope, Deborah. A date with our forgotten heroines. newspaper unknown. January 10, 1984:7.
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References
Australia gets its first woman MP. newspaper unknown. date unknown:page unknown.
Hope, Deborah. A date with our forgotten heroines. newspaper unknown. January 10, 1984:7.
(date unknown). A Century of women: Edith Cowan. magazine unknown, page unknown.
Cowan, Peter. (publication date unknown). Edith Dircksey Cowan. book unknown (page numbers unknown).
Ohlsson, Ingrid and Duffy, Helen. (January 1, 1999). Women of Australia: Their lives and times: a photographic gallery. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia. Page 210.
The Australian Women's Register. “Cowan, Edith Dircksey (1861 - 1932)”. accessed 9 December 2020.
Wikipedia. "Edith Cowan". accessed 9 December 2020.
National Museum of Australia. "DEFINING MOMENTS: Edith Cowan". accessed 9 December 2020.
