Activism Archives - Page 152 of 173

Shirley Aldythea Marshall Seymour Andrews

Aboriginal rights activist, Biochemist, Communist, dancer and historian

Margaret Edgeworth McIntyre

During the war as the deputy president of the Launceston Women’s Voluntary National Register, McIntyre was responsible for organising training schemes for women who wanted to be involved in the war effort. Her wartime experiences led her to argue for women to have ‘more say in the running of the country’.

Marcia Lynne Langton

Marcia Langton is a leading academic and Indigenous spokesperson who has held the foundation chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne since February 2000.

Margaret Ogg

Margaret Ogg was a journalist and a leader in the suffrage campaign in Queensland, where she also aligned herself with temperance reform.

Margaret Brown

In 2006 Margaret was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the community through advocacy roles representing the interests of health care consumers in rural and remote areas and for contributions to policy development.

Louise Crossley

Scientist and environmentalist Louise Crossley (1942 – 30 July 2015) was closely involved in the establishment of the Tasmanian Greens and the Global Greens.

Carol Bennett

Carol Bennett’s positions have included CEO of Painaustralia and Chief Executive Officer of the Consumers’ Health Forum, Australia’s peak health consumer organisation.

Carolyn Bond

Australian consumer advocate

Nan Goldin

Most famously working through themes of love, gender, domesticity, and sexuality, Goldin used her personal experiences to visualise the political nature of these subjects, especially when subjugated by social taboos and expectations.

Niniwa-i-te-rangi

From the late 1890s Niniwa-i-te-rangi carved out a unique position for herself. She was considered a leader of Māori affairs and was the only woman whose views were sought when the Native Affairs Committee inquired into the Native Lands Settlement and Administration Bill of 1898. She regularly spoke on the marae in a district in which this was not a common practice. She became known around the country, beginning in the days when Tamahau sent her out as Pāpāwai’s ambassador to solicit attendance at the Māori parliaments. Her knowledge of whakapapa and tradition was extensive and contributed to the work of the Tāne-nui-a-rangi committee.