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Ruth Park

Her debut novel The Harp of the South was inspired by the poverty and crime of the Surry Hills area in which they lived. The novel won the Sydney Morning Herald’s literary competition in 1946 and went on to be published in 1948.
Sydney residents were shocked at the novel’s descriptions of slum-life including ‘crime, domestic violence, prostitution and backyard abortions’ (Australian, 2010). In response, the NSW government initially denied the existence of slums in Sydney however they eventually conceded by demolishing many of the dilapidated Victorian terraces around Sydney and relocating residents into housing commission units. She went on to write over fifty books, including nine novels.

Melosina Lenox-Conyngham

Irish traveller and writer

Rhoda Coghill

Irish pianist, composer, and poet

Catherine Hester Ralfe

Writer whose reminiscences vividly illustrate the lives of colonial women

Margaret Bullock

Energetic and talented, Margaret Bullock was a pioneer in several respects. As a journalist and parliamentary correspondent she gained entrance into a predominantly male profession. She also played a pivotal role in the nineteenth century women’s movement at both local and national levels.

Amy Kane

In 1951 she was appointed an OBE for services to women’s organisations. She continued to serve them faithfully for another 20 years and in 1963 was the first New Zealand woman to complete 100,000 flying miles.

Isabella Bird

English travelor and author

Jeanne Marie Guyon

French religious writer, remembered for the persecutions she experienced because of her views.

Assia Djebar

Best known by her pen name Assia Djebar, Fatima-Zohra Imalayen was an Algerian feminist novelist, translator and filmmaker, considered one of North Africa’s most influential writers.

Josephine Preston Peabody

American poet and dramatist