Caroline Jones
Having joined the ABC in 1963, Jones has worked at the ABC for a remarkable 50 years. She was the first women reporter on the program This Day Tonight, as well as the first women to anchor the program Four Corners.
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Sara Jane Lippincott
Journalist and serial writer known as Grace Greenwood
Mary Louise Booth
American journalist and translator of important French works.
Esther Glen
One of New Zealand’s finest writers for children. She has been commemorated since 1945 by the Esther Glen Award, which is given by the New Zealand Library Association for only ‘the most distinguished’ contributions to New Zealand literature for children.
Phyllis Glory McDonagh
In 1926, three remarkable sisters made history by becoming the first Australian women to own and run a film production company. They were also among the first to produce a talkie in Australia.
Mary Ashton Livermore
Journalist, Philanthropist, and Lecturer
Amelia Edwards
English novelist and egyptologist
Margaret Sangster
She became one of the popular American poets in the period following the Civil War, and her poems “Elizabeth Aged Nine,” and “Are the Children at Home?” were known the country over.
Agnes Macready
Agnes Macready should be regarded as the first Australian woman war correspondent, although there was no official system at this time for accreditation.
Nola Luxford
Nola Luxford was a New Zealand-born actress, writer, pioneer broadcaster and founder of the Anzac Club in New York City during the Second World War.