Writer Archives - Page 112 of 155

Juliana Berners

Founder of Sopewell Nunnery

Mary Virginia Terhune

American novelist and journalist

Hester Stanhope

English traveler and writer

Catherine Berndt

The breadth and extent of the Berndts’ research and publications, both as a team and alone, has made a major contribution to anthropological knowledge in Australia.

In 1901 she established a women’s collective clothing factory and was appointed the chair of its board. She continued her work for electoral reform and moved the resolution that brought the South Australian National Council of Women into existence, although she found the organisation too cautious and resigned from the executive in 1906.

Jean Galbraith

Through her innovative writing for diverse readerships, Jean Galbraith became a leader in promoting native flora.

Marguerite Dale

Marguerite Ludovia Dale was a playwright and feminist and was active in lobbying for the Women’s Legal Status Act of 1918.

Maggie Daly

Maggie Daly was a fashion model and organiser of fashion shows; she was also a journalist and gossip columnist and appeared regularly on television.

Sheila Daly

Sheila Daly wrote syndicated newspaper columns and worked in advertising.

Diane E Barwick

Influential anthropologist, historian and human rights activist Diane Barwick was a pioneer of ethnohistory in Australia.