User:Chris.sherlock/Australian Women In Red/ADB
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Originally from User:The Drover's Wife/womenbios, removing any blue links. Most come from Australian Dictionary of Biography. This list will hopefully become empty one day!
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[edit]- Wendy Caird, trade unionist
- Emma Jane Callaghan (1884–1979) Aboriginal nurse and midwife
- Ellen (Eileen) Callanan (1880–1947) religious Sister and educator
- Kathleen Gordon (Kay) Cameron (1899–1987) rural community leader and environmentalist
- Jean May Campbell (1901–1984) author
- Winifred Anderson Carruthers (1890–1966) Young Women's Christian Association administrator
- Annie Carvosso, feminist
- Clare Josephine Cascarret (1902–1977) city councillor
- Alice Alanna Cashin (1870–1939) army nurse
- Ellen Imelda (Mel) Cashman (1891–1983) union organiser and arbitration inspector
- Dorothy Marguerite Catts (1896–1961) businesswoman and novelist
- Muriel Jean Eliot Chase (1880–1936) journalist and philanthropist
- Florence Chatfield (1867–1949) nurse
- Margaret Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969) high society beauty
- Constance Mary Charlotte (Connie) Christie (1908–1989) writer and illustrator of children's books, designer and photographer
- Marian Clarke (1853–1933) headmistress
- Helen Agnes Cleary (1914–1987) air force matron-in-chief
- Ella Cleggett (1884–1960) schoolteacher and welfare worker
- Margaret Clement (1881–1952) missing person
- Fanny Cohen (1887–1975) headmistress
- Ida Cohen (1867–1970) charity worker
- Rieke Cohen (1887–1964) Zionist leader
- Geraldine Christein Wilhelmina Collee (1906–1982) medical practitioner
- Doris Catherine Condon (1908–1979) mayor
- Marjorie Margaret Conley, (1931–1959) soprano
- Marjorie Connor (1906–1991) nursing administrator and educator
- Janet Pierson Cooper (1891–1984) medical practitioner, mayor and community worker
- Marjorie Jean Coppel (1900–1970) community worker
- Laura Mary Louisa Corbin (1841–1906) crèche founder
- Ada Elizabeth Corder (1895–1987) pianist and music teacher
- Sophia Corrie (1832–1913) farmer, orchardist and writer
- Dame Gertrude Ann Cosgrove (1882–1962) community worker
- Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell (1902–1957) writer
- Diana Craig (1912–1992) orthoptist
- Elinor Frances Craig (1888–1969) headmistress
- Frances Eileen Craig (1896–1974) community worker
- Alison Hilma Cranley (1910–1987) schoolteacher and unionist
- Helen Creed trade unionist
- Ida Lucy Croft (1878–1957) pharmacist
- Hope Croll (1901–1982) army and hospital matron
- Alice Mary Cummins (1898–1943) businesswoman
- Edith Mary Cuthbert (1891–1988) community worker
- Margaret Gardiner Cuthbertson (1864–1944) factory inspector
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[edit]- Beatrice Eliza Dacomb (1863–1947) co-inventor of Dacomb shorthand
- Clara Thurston Dacomb (1867–1946) co-inventor of Dacomb shorthand
- Isabella Dalgarno, (1805–1878) temperance advocate
- Marie (Ma) Dalley (1880–1965) scrap-metal merchant and mayor
- Mother Mary Berchmans (Anne) Daly (1860–1924) founder of hospitals
- Dame Mary Dora (May) Daly (1896–1983) charity worker
- Phyllis May Danaher (1908–1991) ballet teacher and examiner
- Beatrice Dean Darbyshire (1901–1988) artist
- Caroline Martha (Cara) David (1856–1951) community worker
- Ethel Sarah Davidson (1872–1939) nurse
- Natalia (Nat) Davies (1907–1951) schoolteacher and defence worker
- Stella Marguerite Davies (1885–1965) hospital almoner
- Annie Maria Dawbin (1816–1905) pioneer and diarist
- Maude Kathleen Deasey (1909–1968) teacher, army officer and administrator
- Hazel Estelle De Berg (1913–1984) oral history pioneer
- Lavinia Florence de Loitte (1881–1962) actress and singer
- Lucy de Neeve (1906–1976) nurse and administrator
- Frances Alexandra Mabel Letitia (Frankie) Derham (1894–1987) artist and art educator
- Robin Elizabeth Dicks (1940–1975) nurse and aviatrix
- Emma Elizabeth Dixson (1844–1922) charity worker
- Agnes Dobson (1904–1987) actor, theatre director and writer
- Beatrice Olive Victoria Dodd (1897–1968) social worker
- Minnie Dodds (1860–1938) writer and community worker
- Ettie Dodge (1885–1973) vigoro administrator
- Muriel Knox Doherty (1896–1988) nurse and air force principal matron
- Dorothy Eleanor Dolling (1897–1967) community worker and journalist
- Agnes Marie Johanna Dorsch (1871–1958) teacher
- Helen Elizabeth (Nellie) Dougharty (1886–1968) community worker
- Desmonde Florence Downing (1920–1975) stage designer
- Ann (Anne) Drew (1822–1907) welfare worker
- Irene Melville Drummond (1905–1942) army matron
- Ruth Janet (Lute) Drummond (1879–1949) operatic coach
- Lady Rachel Dudley (1867–1920)
- Elsie Dumolo (1879–1963) elocutionist
- Nona Dumolo (1877–1966) headmistress
- Annie Jane Duncan (1858–1943) factory inspector
- Alice Monkton Duncan-Kemp, (1901–1988) author
- Dorothy Harriette Dunckley (1890–1972) actress and make-up artist
- Mary Elizabeth Duncombe (1899–1980) Sister of Mercy
- Louise Berta Dynon, (1884–1962) patron of the arts and music publisher
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[edit]- Millicent Eastwood (1872–1947) landlady
- Lucy Harriet Eatock (1874–1950) political activist
- Margaret Dorothy (Dot) Edis (1890–1981) nurse
- Catherine Beatrice (Caddie) Edmonds (1900–1960) barmaid
- Rose Edouin (1844–1925)
- Marion (Bill) Edwards (1874–1956) transsexual barman, pony trainer and bookmaker
- Katherine Rose Egan (1861–1951) charity worker
- Kathleen Mary Egan (1890–1977) Dominican Sister and educationist
- Alice Gordon Elliott (1886–1977) nurse and community worker
- Melicent Jane (Jean) Ellis (1887–1974) founder of the Penguin Club
- Evelyn Paget Evans (1881–1960) administrator
- Gladys Gordon Everett (1888–1971) headmistress
- Minnie Rebecca Everett (1874–1956) dancer and producer
- Joyce Eileen Eyre (1909–1950) teacher and academic
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[edit]- Irene Florence Fairbairn, (1899–1974) Girl Guide commissioner
- Ruth Beatrice Fairfax (1878–1948) a founder of the Country Women's Association
- Marie Langley Farquharson (1883–1954) schoolteacher, journalist and community worker
- Phoebe Elizabeth Farrar (1868–1960) bushwoman
- Mary Martha Farrelly (1866–1943) social worker and diet reformer
- Rhoda Mary Felgate (1901–1990) speech and drama teacher and theatre director
- Helen Wilson Fell (1849–1935) diarist and philanthropist
- Minnie Felstead trade unionist
- Mary Jane Fennescey (1878–1946) church benefactor
- Esmé (Ezzie) Fenston (1908–1972) journalist
- Isabel Margaret Fidler (1869–1952) tutor to women students
- Mabel Maude Fidler (1871–1960) headmistress
- Dorothy Vivienne Fielder (1890–1972) teacher of bridge
- Esme Mary Sorrett (Molly) Fink (1894–1967) rani of Pudukota (Pudukkottai)
- Miriam (Mina) Fink (1913–1990) Jewish community leader
- Lily Kathleen Pattie Fitzgibbons (1892–1978) schoolteacher, bus proprietor and hotelier
- Hope Verity Fitzhardinge (1908–1986) teacher and bookseller
- Aileen Fitzpatrick (1897–1974) community worker, teacher and social work educator
- Rosa Catherine Fiveash (1854–1938) botanical artist
- Mary (Isabel) Flinn (1894–1959) teacher and housewife
- Mary Ethel Hayter Florey (1900–1966) medical historian
- Julia Teresa Flynn (1878–1947) educationist
- Ada Lorna Forbes (1890–1976) actress
- Catherine Ellen Forbes (1874–1946) religious sister and educationist
- Eliza Forlong (1784–1859) pastoralist
- Ida Muriel Forsyth (1884–1953) nurse and community worker
- Dorothy Isabel May Foster (1908–1981) radio producer, scriptwriter and actress
- Andree Marcelle Frame (1910–1967) masseuse and childbirth educator
- May Francis (later Brodney), trade unionist
- Valerie French (lawyer) lawyer and judge
- Helen Fryer journalist
- Lillian Mary Frost (1870–1953) organist
- Jane Fryer (1832–1917) political and religious radical
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[edit]- Rubina Hope Gainfort (Ruby) (1890–1985) headmistress
- Lucy Arabella Stocks Garvin (1851–1938) headmistress
- Minnie May Gates (1878–1966) community worker and women's leader
- Portia Swanston Geach (1873–1959) artist and feminist
- Margaret Gee, journalist
- Heather Doris Gell (1896–1988) kindergarten teacher, eurhythmics pioneer and broadcaster
- Doris May Gentile (1894–1972) writer
- Clara Lazar Geroe (1900–1980) psychiatrist
- Susanne Vilhelmine Gether (1857–1911) woodcarver
- Freda Evelyn Gibson (1908–1977) flying doctor
- Gladys Ruth Gibson (1901–1972) educationist and women's leader
- Julia Gibson (1872–1953) fortune-teller
- Jeanette Anne Gilbert (1883–1960) educationist
- Boronia Lucy Giles (Bonnie) (1909–1978) journalist
- Helen Elizabeth Gillan (1873–1955) voluntary worker and social reformer
- Eunice Elizabeth Perrott Gill (1918–1987) sportswoman, administrator, coach and academic
- Sarah Goldsmith (1846–1940) charity worker
- Ann Alison Goodlet (1824–1903) church worker and philanthropist
- Elizabeth Mary Goodlet (1854–1926) church worker and philanthropist
- Ann Gordon (superintendent) (1795–1868) female factory superintendent
- Margaret Jane Gordon (1880–1962) singer
- Eleanor Lilian Gladys Gough (1887–1967) teacher of dressmaking
- Octavia Grave (1890–1974)
- Alice Jane Green (1863–1966) headmistress
- Anne Eliza Green (1869–1954) artist
- Anne Syrett Green (1858–1936) welfare worker and evangelist
- Florence Emily Green (1862–1926) headmistress
- Isabel Alice Green (Belle) (1893–1984) manager
- Ettie Gwendoline Greenwood (1906–1977) benefactress
- Clara Puella Greig (1877–1957) tutor
- Stella Fida Greig (1889–1913) law graduate
- Edith Grieve (1892–1972) illustrator
- Glynde Nesta Griffiths (1889–1968) author and philanthropist
- Gwendolin Winifred Griffiths (1886–1968) investor and socialite
- Jessie Grover (1843–1906) journalist and sericulturist
- Beryl Annie Blanche Guertner (1917–1981) magazine editor and author
- Mary Valentine Gutteridge (1887–1962) kindergarten principal
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[edit]- Helen Joyce Haenke (1916–1978) poet and playwright
- Gladys Adeline Hain (1887–1962) lawyer, journalist and housewives' association president
- Irene Slater Hall (1888–1961) hospital matron
- Marie Montgomerie Hamilton (1891–1955) pathologist and hockey administrator
- Eunice Hanger (1911–1972) playwright and schoolteacher
- Ethel Frances Hanrahan (1909–1981) army and repatriation hospital matron
- Gwendoline Dorothea Julie Hansen (1896–1971) film censor
- Hilda Mary Hanton (1884–1954) hospital matron
- Catherine Hardess (1889–1970) artist and designer
- Constance Elizabeth Harker (1875–1964) headmistress
- Edith Mary Harrhy (1893–1969) composer and entertainer
- Hazel Joyce Harrison (1905–1970) kindergarten principal
- Helen Hart (feminist preacher) (1842–1908) feminist preacher and lecturer
- Iris Correll Hart (1910–1983) singer, actor and director
- Edythe Ellison Harvie (1902–1984) architect
- Marian Fleming Harwood (1846–1934) scholar, pacifist and philanthropist
- Elizabeth Hastings (disability discrimination commissioner), disability discrimination commissioner [1]
- Martha Madge Hateley (1906–1950) air force matron
- Fifi Olive Annette Hawthorne (1899–1986) headmistress
- Vina Evelyn Hayes (Evie) (1912–1988) entertainer
- Olga Janet Hay (1891–1974) headmistress
- Eileen Mary Healy (1888–1966) Sister of Mercy
- Gertrude Healy (1894–1984) musician and Sister of Mercy
- Mary Healy (hospital administrator) (1865–1952) Sister of Charity and hospital administrator
- Mary Estelle Healy (Molly) (1915–1971) charity worker and socialite
- Mary Gabrielle Healy (1908–1980) Catholic nun, musician and liturgist
- Amy Elizabeth Heap (1874–1956) artist and illustrator
- Mary Christine Heinig (1892–1979) educationist
- Dorothy Jane Adele Helmrich (1889–1984) singer and arts administrator
- Isabella Thomson Henderson (Isabel) (1862–1940) educationist
- Jessie Isabel Henderson (1866–1951) social welfare worker
- Jocelyn Henderson (1905–1972) conservationist
- Margaret Edith Hentze (1909–1947) historian
- Nellie Hetherington (1903–1940)
- Ella Violet Bell Hickson (1879–1955) community worker
- Mirrie Irma Jaffa Hill (1889–1986) composer
- Eleanor Mary Hinder (1893–1963) welfare officer and international public servant
- Margel Ina Hinder (1906–1995) sculptor
- Clytie May Hine (1887–1983) soprano and vocal teacher
- Mary Elizabeth Hoban (Maie) (1887–1984) speech and drama teacher
- Grace McKenzie Hodge (1888–1980) schoolteacher
- Margaret Emily Hodge (1858–1938) feminist and educator
- Mary Constance Hodgkin (1909–1985) anthropologist, lecturer and student adviser
- Ruth Miriam Hollick (1883–1977) photographer
- Marion Louisa Holmes (1856–1921) worker for charity
- Marion Phoebe Holmes (1880–1966) worker for charity
- Beatrice Holt (Bea) (1900–1988) medical practitioner and mother- and baby-care advocate
- Hazel Holyman (1899–1992) air hostess services superintendent
- Neredah Daisy St Leon Honey (1879–1960) circus artiste
- Nora Hood (1836–1871)
- Susan Hopgood, trade unionist
- Felicia Hopkins (1841–1933) social worker
- Eleanor Mary Hopman (Nell) (1909–1968) tennis player and administrator
- Ursula Mary Hordern (1911–1961) fashion editor
- Greta Hort (1903–1967) academic and college principal
- Catherine Clarissa Howarde (Kate) (1864–1939) actor, theatrical entrepreneur, playwright and cinema pioneer
- Lucy Howell (Lucie) (1888–1985) soprano and singing teacher
- Clara Winifred Howie (1881–1960) nurse and administrator
- Alice Hoy (1893–1976) educationist
- Agnes Eva Hughes (1856–1940) political organizer
- Edith Hughes-Jones (1905–1976) nurse and hospital proprietor
- Mary Hutton (headmistress) (1883–1964) headmistress
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[edit]- Ellen Jeanie Imlay (1881–1978) nursing sister
- Alice Christina Irvine (1879–1940) domestic science teacher and cookery book author
- Freda Mary Howy Irving (1903–1984) journalist
- Caroline (Lynka) Isaacson (1900–1962) journalist
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[edit]- Alice Mabel Jackson (1887–1974) journalist and editor
- Marjorie Jacobs, historian
- Patricia Irene (Pat) Jarrett (1911–1990) journalist
- Margaret Lilian Jeffrey (1896–1977) policewoman
- Maud Evelyn Jeffries (1869–1946) actress
- Dorothy Hetty Fosbury (Andrea) Jenner (1891–1985) actress, journalist and radio broadcaster
- Elizabeth Esther Helen Jennings (1864–1920) actress
- Carol Joyce Jerrems (1949–1980) photographer
- Sandra Jobson, journalist
- Florence Ethel Johnson (1884–1934) feminist and educationist
- Gertrude Emily Johnson (1894–1973) coloratura soprano and theatre administrator
- Narelle Johnson, judge
- Kathleen Annie Gilman Jones (1880–1942) educationist
- Nina Eva Vida Jones (1882–1966) racing motorist
- Phyllis Mander Jones (1896–1984) librarian and archivist
- Enid Joske (1890–1973) college principal
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[edit]- Winifred Kastner (1903–1987) community leader and welfare worker
- Susie Olive Kaylock (1892–1959) local government official and community worker
- Adeline May Keating (1885–1957) businesswoman
- Erna Laura Keighley (1891–1955) women's leader
- Aileen Margaret Keldie (1936–1961) air hostess
- Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann (1886–1975) swimmer, aquatic performer and film actress
- Adelaide Maud Kellett (1873–1945) hospital matron
- Alicia Mary Kelly (1885–1942) nurse
- Emily Caroline Kelly (Carrie) (1899–1989) theatre producer and anthropologist
- Margaret Elizabeth Kelly (Margot) (1894–1983) restaurateur
- Daisy Fowler Kennedy (1893–1981) violinist
- Edith Betty Kernot (Betty) (1910–1984) golfer
- Edith Latham Kernot (1877–1967) community worker
- Constance Mabel Keys (1886–1964) nurse
- Eileen Constance Keys (1903–1992) potter
- Nita Bernice Kibble (1879–1962) librarian
- Hilda Estelle Kincaid (1886–1967) medical practitioner
- Olive May King (1885–1958) ambulance driver
- Rosa Angela Kirkcaldie (1887–1972) hospital matron and army nurse
- Elizabeth Kilgour Kirkhope (1896–1978) headmistress
- Katherine Kirkland (1808–1892) memoirist
- Maria Elizabeth Kirk (1855–1928) temperance advocate and social reformer
- Mary Kirkpatrick (1863–1943) midwife
- Frances Lydia Knorr (Minnie) (1867–1894) baby-farmer
- Dorothy Isabel Knox (1902–1983) headmistress
- Johanna Korner (1891–1969) beauty salon proprietor
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[edit]- Annie Ina Laidlaw (1889–1978) navy matron
- Violet Barry Lambert (1898–1975) grazier and shire councillor
- Amelia Lambrick (1864–1956) public servant and social reformer
- Flora Annie Landells (1888–1981) painter and potter
- Jessie Margaret Langham (1902–1988) army nurse and hospital matron
- Minnie Ruth Langley (1878–1933) school proprietor
- Margaret Irene Lang (1893–1983) sister and air force matron-in-chief
- Lady Eleanor Mary (Ella) Latham (1878–1964) charity worker
- Loma Kyle Latour (1902–1964) sculptor
- Betty Lawson, teacher and trade unionist
- Jean Lawson (1908–1986) actor, educator, broadcaster and writer
- Robin Ann Layton, judge
- Charlotte Mary Clarina (Lottie) Leal (1881–1961) community worker
- Hattie Martha Leckie (1886–1965) journalist
- Betsy (Bessie) Lee (1860–1950) temperance evangelist
- Mary Agnes Leehy (1873–1960) Sister of St Joseph
- Margaret Stella (Meg) Lee (1923–1987) actress
- Emily Leggett (1875–1949) ballroom-dancing promoter
- Emily Bertha Leitch (1873–1957) medical practitioner
- Mary Grace Lester (1911–1980) political activist
- Frances Deborah Levvy (1831–1924) animal protection advocate
- Grace Margaret (Gretta) Lewis (1892–1968) community worker
- Sarah Lewis, trade unionist
- Betty Caroline Leworthy (1877–1962) church and community worker
- Mary Wherry Liddell (1877–1967) journalist
- Kathleen Mitford Lilley (1888–1975) headmistress
- Joan à Beckett Lindsay (1896–1984) author and artist
- Mary Ann Josephine Lindsay (1892–1975) circus artiste
- Agnes Mary (Molly) Lions (1908–1992) industrial nurse and union official
- Jean Littlejohn (1899–1990) medical practitioner
- Gwendolen Kent Lloyd (Gwenda) (1899–1965) educationist
- Jessie Georgina Lloyd (1843–1885) author
- Jessie Mary Lloyd (1883–1960) temperance campaigner
- Joice Mary Nankivell Loch (1887–1982) humanitarian and writer
- Ann Lock (1876–1943) missionary
- Helena Sumner Locke (1881–1917) author
- Mary Fauriel Lockett (Mary) (1911–1982) pharmacologist
- Margaret Jane Long (Retta) (1878–1956) missionary
- Lydia Longmore (1874–1967) infant-teacher
- Olive Murray Long (1889–1981) medical practitioner and missionary
- Margaret Frances Looker (1910–1988) hospital matron
- Clarice Maude Lorenz (1906–1981) opera company founder
- Louisa Eleanor Lort Smith (1875–1956) animal-welfare advocate and administrator
- Ida Dorothy Love (1908–1990) nurse and midwifery educator
- Louise Nellie Lovely (1895–1980) actress
- Mary Ann Lucas (1826–1900) community worker and temperance advocate
- Lauretta Caroline Maria Luffman (1846–1929) writer and women's activist
- Mabel Mary Lush (1881–1958) kindergarten teacher
- Nancye Doris Lynton (1893–1973) actor
- Marjorie Jean Lyon (1905–1975) surgeon and prisoner of war
- Betty Dorothy Lyons (1921–1986) nurse educator
- Margaret Jane Ruth Lyttle (Greta) (1875–1944) educationist
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[edit]- Rosa Sibella Macarthur Onslow (1871–1943) charity and church worker
- Dorette Margarethe MacCallum (Dorothea) (1863–1952) community worker
- Amelia Morrison Macdonald (1865–1946) social reformer and women's activist
- Augusta Macdougall (Pakie) (1875–1945) café owner
- Mary Veta Macghey (1897–1970) headmistress
- Amy Eleanor Mack (1876–1939) writer
- Kate Mackay (1897–1983) medical practitioner
- Mary Barr Mackinlay (1910–1974) Dominican Sister
- Eleanor Vokes MacKinnon (1871–1936) Red Cross leader
- Grace Mackintosh (1890–1954) headmistress and college lecturer
- Marie Louise Mack (1870–1935) writer
- Constance Mackness (1882–1973) teacher and author
- Dora Maclean (1892–1978) horse-breeder
- Margaret MacPherson (1875–1956) pharmacist and benefactress
- Margaret MacRory (1862–1931) religious Sister
- Sarah Maddock (1860–1955) cyclist
- Ann Margaret Magoffin (Peg) (1918–1971) chartered accountant
- Sarah Jane Makin (1845–1918) midwife
- Dorothy Mary Mansom (1905–1978) equestrienne
- Harriet Elizabeth Marks (1900–1989) schoolteacher and educationist
- Elaine Marlay (1915–1977) dentist and university lecturer
- Margaret Mary Marlowe (1884–1962) actress, author and journalist
- May Marsden (1876–1968) artist and educationist
- Alma Elizabeth Marshall (1879–1964) political activist
- Dorothy May Marshall (1902–1961) schoolteacher, war- and welfare-worker, and public servant
- Selina Courtenay Marshall (1899–1990) medical practitioner
- Mary Masson (1862–1945) charity worker
- Janet Elizabeth Mathews (1914–1992) music teacher and recorder of Indigenous culture
- Julia Mathews (1842–1876) actress
- Marianne Helene Sara Mathy (1890–1978) teacher of singing
- Muriel Lilah Matters (1877–1969) suffragist
- Susan May Matthews (1877–1935) child welfare inspector
- Elizabeth Matthias (Betsy) (1882–1963) socialist and charity-worker
- Francisca Adriana Mawson (Paquita) (1891–1974) community worker and writer
- Mary Mayne (1826–1889) businesswoman
- Lilian Daphne Mayo (1895–1982) sculptor and art advocate
- Ida Mary McAulay (1858–1949) feminist
- Mona Margaret McBurney (1862–1932) composer, pianist and teacher
- Mary Agnes McCarthy (1903–1978) nurse, policewoman and welfare officer
- Harriette Adelaide McCathie (1840–1912) retailer
- Sheila Mary McClemans (1909–1988) barrister and naval officer
- Jane Isabella McComas (Isabel) (1864–1960) headmistress
- Isabella McCorkindale (Isabel) (1885–1971) temperance worker
- Georgina McCready (1888–1980) nurse, trade unionist and administrator
- Mabel Mary McCutcheon (1886–1942) nurse
- Paulette de Vere McDonagh (1901–1978) film-maker
- Phyllis Glory McDonagh (1900–1978) film-maker
- Louise Warden McDonald (1903–1988) headmistress
- Phyllis Mary McDonald (1905–1977) violinist and teacher of music
- Ethel McDonnell (1876–1961) community leader
- Kathleen Agnes Rose McEwan (Kitty) (1894–1969) sports journalist, golfer and war-worker
- Katharine Elizabeth McGregor (1903–1979) lawyer
- Hilda Hayward McIntosh (1886–1958) schoolteacher and postmistress
- Lorna Crawford McKean (1914–1963) soprano
- Margaret Dawn McKenzie (1930–1984) hockey and softball player, sports administrator, coach and schoolteacher
- Caroline Mary McLean (1883–1965) pony-breeder
- Beryl Elizabeth McLeish (1902–1974) public servant and State superintendent of the Australian Women's Land Army
- Gertrude Evelyn McLeod (1891–1971) golf administrator
- Hannah McLeod (1857–1912) hospital matron
- Florence Elizabeth McMillan (1882–1943) nursing sister
- Lady Helen Maria McMillan (1863–1937) community worker
- Dorothy Victoria McMorran (1897–1974) Canadian community leader
- Verania McPhillamy (1889–1961) superintendent of soldiers' canteens
- Mary Emma Goldsmith Meares (1889–1964) welfare worker
- Emmeline Mary Medley (Molly) (1891–1977) charity worker
- Doris Rosetta Elizabeth Mendoza (Dot) (1899–1986) pianist
- Winifred Barbara Meredith (1895–1979) medical practitioner
- Thelma Constance Metcalfe (1898–1984) schoolteacher and community worker
- Adelaide Laetitia Miethke (1881–1962) educationist
- Beryl Lucy Mills (1907–1977) Miss Australia
- Agnes Anderson Milne (1851–1919) factory inspector
- Agnes Eliza Fraser Mitchell (1890–1968) novelist and memoirist
- Lady Eliza Fraser Mitchell (1864–1948) charity worker
- Janet Charlotte Mitchell (1896–1957) journalist and author
- Margaret Mobourne (1872–1917)
- Annie Mildred Mocatta (1887–1984) kindergarten teacher, medical practitioner and art patron
- Alice Maude Mofflin (1878–1961) community worker
- Christina Smith Montgomery (1870–1965) headmistress
- Elwyn Aisne Morey (1914–1968) psychologist
- Agnes Helen Morgan (1883–1969) hospital matron
- Anna Euphemia Morgan (1874–1935) Aboriginal leader
- Barbara Ierne Moriarty (Biddy) (1902–1979) Red Cross field representative
- Louise Morice (Lucy) (1859–1951) kindergarten worker and social reformer
- Belinda Morieson, trade unionist
- Audrey Cummins Morphett (1902–1983) community worker
- Elsie Frances Morres (1874–1958) teacher
- Nellie Constance Morrice (1881–1963) nurse and administrator
- Myra Evelyn Morris (1893–1966) author
- Hedwig Marie Morrison (Hedda) (1908–1991) photographer
- Dorothy Elizabeth Mortlock (1906–1979) philanthropist
- Margaret Veronica Moses (1940–1975) Sister of Mercy, teacher and orphanage administrator
- Alice Frances Moss (1869–1948) campaigner for women's rights
- Constance Moulds (1897–1972) trotting trainer
- Ellen Mulcahy, trade unionist
- Phyllis Katherine Fraser Mullens (1908–1962) nurse
- Katherine Mulquin (1842–1930) educationist
- Jean Eileen Muntz (Jane) (1903–1969) nurse
- Lesley Elizabeth Murdoch (1881–1961) feminist and welfare worker
- Madoline Murdoch (Nina) (1890–1976) writer
- Isla Victoria Murphy (1913–1967) lawyer and army officer
- Edith Constance Murray (1897–1988) puppeteer and schoolteacher
- Florence Mildred Muscio (1882–1964) feminist
- Dame Marjorie Merlyn Myer (1900–1982) philanthropist and fundraiser
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[edit]- Janet Nanson (1868–1943) journalist
- Edna Lillian Nelson (1896–1948) medical practitioner
- Caroline Elizabeth Newcomb (1812–1874) woman squatter
- Vivienne Elizabeth (Viv) Newson (1891–1973) editor
- Gladys Agness Newton (1901–1988) community worker
- Mabel Nicholas (1866–1958) Anglican Sister and college principal
- Mary Ann Nicolay (1850–1939) Nightingale nurse and hospital matron
- Phyllis Mary Nicol (1903–1964) lecturer and demonstrator in physics
- Angelina Noble (1879–1964) Aboriginal missionary
- Beryl Margaret Elizabeth Noble (1907–1984) Australian Women’s Army Service officer
- Marie Thérèse Augustine Noblet (1889–1930) Catholic mystic
- Sara Susan Nolan (1843–1927) temperance reformer
- Ellice Maud Nosworthy (1897–1972) architect
- Evelyn Grace Ione Nowland (1887–1974) nurse and trade unionist
- Marjorie Estella Nunan (1910–1963) pensioners' advocate
- Carmel Nyhan (1893–1962) trade union organizer
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[edit]- Louisa O'Brien (1880–1957) hotelier
- Kathleen Laetitia O'Connor (1876–1968) artist
- Ellen O'Doherty (Sister Mary Alphonsus) (1894–1983) Sister of Charity and hospital administrator
- Janette Hannum Octoman (1879–1971) community worker
- Doris Lyne Officer (1898–1967) medical practitioner
- Margaret Ann Ogg (1863–1953) electoral reformer
- Florinda Katharine Ogilvie (1902–1983) social worker and educator
- Kathleen Clare O'Keeffe (1883–1949) public servant and campaigner for equal pay for women
- Josephine O'Neill (1905–1968) journalist and film critic
- Edith Charlotte Onians (1866–1955) voluntary welfare worker
- Margaret Oppen (1890–1975) artist and embroiderer
- Doris Margaret Osborne (1906–1977) schoolteacher and campaigner for equal rights for women
- Ethel Elizabeth Osborne (1882–1968) medical practitioner and industrial hygienist
- Gladys Mary Owen (1889–1960) artist and charity worker
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[edit]- Rosina Martha Palmer (1844–1932) singer
- Edith Emma Pardey (1896–1963) pianola-roll pianist
- Minnie Laurel Pardey (1897–1974) pianola-roll pianist
- Florence Mary Parker (1872–1966) community worker
- Grace Dorothy Parker (1895–1987) farmer and community leader
- Kathleen Isabel Alice Parker (Kay) (1906–1979) army nurse
- Dame Marjorie Alice Parker (Margot) (1900–1991) philanthropist and community leader
- Hilma Olivia Edla Johanna Parkes (1859–1909) political organizer
- Melina Florence Parnell (1870–1944) teacher and school proprietor
- Annie Bertha Parry (1886–1959) nurse and health training administrator
- Bridget Partridge (1890–1966) lapsed nun
- Eunice Muriel Harriett Hunt Paten (1883–1973) nurse
- Eveline Pauline Paul (Queenie) (1893–1982) vaudeville artist, producer and entrepreneur
- Emily Dorothea Pavy (1885–1967) teacher, sociologist and lawyer
- Ellen Nora Payne (1865–1962) woodcarver
- Margaret Elizabeth Maynard Peden (1905–1981) cricketer
- Edith Gladys Pendred (1897–1964) kindergarten teacher
- Gladys Penfold Hyland (1886–1974) businesswoman and collector of antiques
- Frances Eileen Penington (1897–1972) social scientist
- Anna Perivolaris (1888–1963) schoolteacher
- Grace Perrier (1875–1979) librarian
- Adelaide Elizabeth Perry (1891–1973) painter, printmaker and teacher
- Grace Amelia Perry (1927–1987) poet and medical practitioner
- Georgette Augusta Christina Peterson (1863–1947) singer, pianist and composer
- Winifred Marion Petrie (1890–1966) nurse and hospital proprietress
- Evdokia Alekseevna Petrova (1914–2002) Soviet intelligence officer
- Dora Peyser (1904–1970) social worker and nurse
- Dorothy Jane Phillips (Thea) (1892–1960) soprano and teacher of singing
- Rebecca Phillips (Ray) (1872–1942) philanthropist and novelist
- Angela Josephine Piazza (1911–1988) hairdresser and beautician
- Elsie Clare Pidgeon (1879–1956) hospital matron
- Veronica Pike (1900–1986) solicitor
- Gerda Pinter (1915–2003) patron of the arts
- Elsie May Plowman (1905–1978) hotelier
- Mary Anne Pocock (Bessie) (1863–1946) nursing sister and army matron
- Muriel Jean Polglaze (1911–1978) economist
- Emélie Adeline Polini (1881–1927) actress
- Norah Mary Potter (1849–1927) Sister of Mercy
- Betty Mildred Pounder (1921–1990) choreographer and dancer
- Marguerite Helen Power (1870–1957) poet
- Marjorie Evelyn Pownall (Eve) (1902–1982) historian and author of children’s books
- Rachel Pratt (1874–1954) army nurse
- Maria Caroline Prevost (Ronnie) (1895–1976) 'flapper'
- Maud Violet Florinda Primrose (1872–1954) nurse
- Alethea Mary Proctor (Thea) (1879–1966) artist
- Marjorie Gertrude Eleanor Propsting (1905–1972) librarian and mayor
- Frances Betty Provan (1911–1963) naval officer and businesswoman
- Mary Grace Courtenay Puckey (1898–1990) medical practitioner and hospital administrator
- Maude Mary Puddy (1883–1974) musician
- Caroline Frances Pugliese (1865–1940) theatre proprietor
- Ethel May Punshon (Monte) (1882–1989) teacher
- Annie Helen Pura (1894–1982) restaurateur
- Emmeline Pye (1861–1949) teacher and lecturer
Q
[edit]- Rose Maud Quong (1879–1972) performer and writer
R
[edit]- Edith Marion Ralston (1894–1967) headmistress
- Edith Dora Ranclaud (1885–1960) violinist
- Annie Isabel Rankine (1917–1972) Aboriginal leader
- Julia Rachel Rapke (1886–1959) feminist and civil rights activist
- Wilhelmina Frances Rawson (Mina) (1851–1933) writer
- Joan Ellen Rayner (1900–1999) theatre educator
- Rhoda Elspeth Rayner (Betty) (1907–1981) theatre educator
- Dame Audrey Tattie Reader (1903–1989) Liberal Party organiser and community worker
- Irene Victoria Read (1880–1972) charity and community worker
- Lelda Sunday Reed (1905–1981) art patron
- Elizabeth Laurie Rees (Bessie) (1865–1939) temperance activist and social reformer
- Lucy Frances Harvey Rees (1901–1983) bookseller, book collector and authority on children’s literature
- Alison Baily Rehfisch (1900–1975) artist
- Isabelle Bruce Reid (Belle) (1883–1945) veterinary surgeon
- Jane Sinclair Reid (1883–1968) educator of the blind
- Mary Walker Reid (1911–1963) grazier and benefactor
- Beatrice Lilias Rennie (1893–1971) headmistress
- Annie Rattray Rentoul (1882–1978) schoolteacher and children's author
- Ethel Florence Richardson (Henry Handel) (1870–1946) novelist and short story writer
- Ethel Tracy Richardson (1877–1942) nursing sister and army matron-in-chief
- Ruby Sophia Rich (1888–1988) Jewish community leader, feminist and pianist
- Corra Ridgeway (1892–1975)
- Amy Christine Rivett (1891–1962) medical practitioner
- Doris Mary Rivett (1896–1969) psychologist
- Eleanor Harriett Rivett (Nell) (1883–1972) missionary
- Elsie Grace Rivett (1887–1964) welfare worker
- Mary Ellen Roberts (1866–1924) teacher of dressmaking
- Constance Robertson (Connie) (1895–1964) journalist
- Helen Lothan Robertson (1848–1937) tailoress and trade unionist
- Margery Fraser Robertson (1858–1933) teacher and educationist
- Kathleen Mary Robinson (1901–1983) actress and director
- Marjorie Clare Roche (1896–1982) army officer and Red Cross administrator
- Mary Catherine Rogers (1872–1932) community and political worker
- Sarah Mabel Roseby (1878–1957) schoolteacher
- Alice Trevenen Rosman (1882–1961) writer
- Euphemia Welch Ross (1889–1971) community worker
- Isabella Henrietta Younger Ross (Isie) (1887–1956) medical practitioner
- Blanche Muriel Eugénie Ross-Watt (1861–1956) shire president and charity worker
- Olive Dorothy Rowe (1888–1979) ballroom dancer
- Amy Rowntree (1885–1962) educationist
- Rachel Mary Roxburgh (1915–1991) artist, educator and activist
- Ann Rumpf (1849–1925) manufacturer and entrepreneur
- Delia Constance Russell (1870–1938) community worker
- Emmie Russell (1892–1987) orthoptist
- Gertrude Winifred Ruston (1897–1985) community worker
- Clara Padbury Rutherford (1878–1975) women's activist
- Mother Leone Ryan (1900–1989) Sister of St Joseph and educator
- Mary Margaret Ryan (1886–1968) community worker
- Shylie Katharine Rymill (1882–1959) Girl Guide commissioner
S
[edit]- Annie Moriah Sage (1895–1969) army matron-in-chief
- Annie Mabel Sandes (1881–1966) technical-college superintendent
- Katie Sarah (19??-), mountaineer[1]
- Charlotte Sargent (1856–1924) pastry-cook
- Emily Winifred Savage (1888–1977) home economics teacher
- Jessie Frederica Pauline Sawyer (1870–1947) community leader
- Lilian Avis Scantlebury (1894–1964) Red Cross worker
- Amy Schauer (1871–1956) cookery instructor
- Jennie Scott Griffiths (1875–1951) journalist and political activist
- Kathleen Stirling Scrymgour (1895–1982) hospital matron
- Joyce Debenham Seager (Joy) (1899–1991) medical practitioner
- Sophia Bridget Seery (1872–1946)
- Clara Serena (1890–1972) contralto
- Edna Mary Anna Jane Shaw (1891–1974) hospital matron
- Kathleen Eileen Sheehy (1892–1981) head teacher
- Eliza Jeanettie Sheldon (1885–1974) art-dealer
- Cecelia Moore Shelley (1893–1986) trade unionist
- Kathleen Margaret Maria Sherrard (1898–1975) geologist
- Frances Amy Lillian Sherwin (1855–1935) singer
- Phyllis Sykes Shillito (1895–1980) designer
- Elizabeth Frances Shippen (1894–1982) matron and army nurse
- Lucie Emilie Shorter (Lulu) (1887–1989) china-painter
- Clara Jane Shumack (1899–1974) army matron
- Gwendoline Elizabeth Sims (1902–1986) occupational therapist
- Jean Dorothy Sinclair (1940–1991) political staff worker
- Elizabeth Skillen (1879–1970) educationist
- Rose Skinner (1900–1979) art-dealer
- Marie Elizabeth Skitch (1900–1989) labour activist and housewives’ advocate
- Patricia Violet Slater (1918–1990) nurse educator
- Marjorie Gordon Smart (1911–1982) diplomat and college principal
- Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) solicitor and trade commissioner
- Bertha Chatto Smith (1892–1984) Country Women’s Association leader and author
- Christine Idris Smith (1946–1979) skier and interior decorator
- Ivy Blanche Irene Smith (1884–1975) teacher and community worker
- Treania Helen Lindsay Smith (1901–1990) gallery owner and artist
- Joyce Mary Snelling (1904–1988) army officer
- Dorothy Somerville, lawyer
- Christense Sorensen (1885–1958) hospital matron and army nurse
- Augustine Soubeiran (1858–1933) headmistress and French patriot
- Gwendoline Gladys Spencer (Gwen) (1888–1974) journalist and managing editor
- Ethel Louise Spowers (1890–1947) painter and printmaker
- Mabel Angelina Springfield (1892–1966) swimmer and coaching
- Annie Creo Stanley (1865–1940) trade union leader
- Muriel Conomie Stanley (1918–1979) home missionary and nurse
- Thistle Yolette Stead (1902–1990) biologist, educator and wildlife preservationist
- Sophia Elizabeth Steffanoni (1873–1906) artist
- Muriel Myee Steinbeck (1913–1982) actress
- Eunice Minnie Stelzer (1880–1962) founder of the Happiness Club
- Elizabeth Anne Valentine Sterne (1880–1973) community leader
- Gwendolyne Daphne Stevens (1908–1974) hospital proprietress, sheep breeder and mining entrepreneur
- Jemima Elizabeth Mary Stevens (1855–1940) educationist and Anglican nun
- Clare Grant Stevenson (1903–1988) air force officer, company executive and welfare worker
- Beatrice Anne Stewart (1897–1990) florist
- Eleanor Charlotte Stewart (Nora) (1879–1966) dancing teacher
- Eleanor Towzey Stewart (Nellie) (1858–1931) actress
- Flora Shaw Stewart (1886–1979) pioneer and hotelkeeper
- Helen Dorothy Stirling (Nell) (1909–1951) radio actress
- Lorna Mary Belton Stirling (1893–1956) musicologist
- Emily Mary Stone (1865–1910) medical practitioner
- Grace Clara Stone (1860–1957) medical practitioner
- Ethel Nhill Victoria Stonehouse (1883–1964) writer
- Ethel Turner Stoneman (1890–1973) psychologist
- Ann Fawcett Story (1846–1911) cookery instructor
- Catherine Eliza Stow (Katie) (1856–1940) collector of Aboriginal legends
- Florence Sulman (1876–1965) author and benefactor
- Annie Gladys Sutcliffe ('Suttie') (1900–1990) lawn bowler
- Margaret Ada Sutherland (1896–1984) composer, pianist and teacher
- Selina Murray Sutherland (1839–1909) nurse and child welfare worker
- Edith Muriel Maitland Swain (1880–1964) public servant and physical-fitness advocate
- Theodora Maude Sweetapple (Dora) (1872–1972) nurse
- Kathleen Alice Syme (1896–1977) journalist, company director and welfare worker
- Mary Synan (1837–1915) Brigidine nun
T
[edit]- Beatrice Mary Taylor (1893–1982) schoolteacher
- Evelyn Ruth Tazewell (1893–1983) sportswoman
- Mary Cecil Tenison Woods (nee Kitson) (1893–1971) lawyer
- Audrey Georgiana Florence Tennyson (1854–1916) letter-writer, hospital founder and vice-regal wife
- Bessie Margaret Thomas (1892–1968) librarian
- Kathleen Kyffin Thomas (1891–1973) community worker
- Lilian Wattnall Thompson (Lil) (1867–1956) novelist
- Matilda Louise Thompson (1871–1959) businesswoman and philanthropist
- Margaret Thornton, legal academic
- Beatrice Maude Tildesley (1886–1977) teacher and woman of letters
- Evelyn Mary Tildesley (1882–1976) teacher and woman of letters
- Pattie Tillyard (1880–1971) community leader
- Alice Constance Tisdall (1877–1968) educationist
- Ellen Joy Todd (1860–1948) journalist
- Eliza Tracey (1842–1917) litigant
- Isobel Dieudonnée Travers (1898–1982) educationist
- Beryl Randall Trigellis-Smith (1892–1985) probation officer
- Margaret Bethesda Trist (1914–1986) author
- Jean Amalie Trundle (1905–1965) teacher, actress and theatre director
- Dora Jeannette Turner (1888–1953) educationist
- Haldane Colquhoun Turriff (1834–1922) hospital nurse
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[edit]- Erica Reid Underwood (1907–1992) psychologist, broadcaster, education administrator and community worker
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[edit]- Margaret Mildred Vale (1893–1972) public servant
- Mary Vale (1887–1968) Sister of Mercy
- Gwendoline Varley (1896–1975) sports organizer and broadcaster
- Harriette Martha Voss (1887–1951) medical practitioner and community worker
- Anna Fellowes Vroland (1902–1978) schoolteacher and human-rights advocate
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[edit]- Rhoda Wager (1875–1953) jewellery designer
- Margaret Loder Wakehurst (1899–1994) charity worker
- Bertha May Walker (1912–1975) labour activist
- Ellinor Gertrude Walker (1893–1990) kindergarten teacher and women’s rights activist
- Christian Marjory Emily Carlyle Waller (1894–1954) artist
- Gertrude Mary Walton (1881–1951) headmistress
- Marion Boyd Wanliss (1896–1984) physician
- Elizabeth Jane Ward (1842–1908) milliner and philanthropist
- Patience Australie Wardle (Pat) (1910–1992) local historian and diarist
- Margaret Sturge Watts (1892–1978) welfare worker
- Julian Barbara Waugh (1857–1938) political and community worker
- Amelia Lucy Wayn (1862–1951) historical researcher
- Margaret Wearne (1893–1967) trade unionist
- May Isabella Weatherly (1868–1950) headmistress
- Margareta Louise Pitcairn Webber (1891–1983) bookseller
- Dame Ahioma Alice Wedega (1905–1987) missionary, teacher, women’s advocate and social worker
- Johanna Wilhelmine Weigel (1847–1940) paper-pattern manufacturer
- Phoebe Ellen Wesché (1871–1950) charity worker
- Evelyn Maude West (1888–1969) accountant, shire secretary and community worker
- Winifred Mary West (1881–1971) educationist
- Amy Grace Wheaton (1898–1988) feminist and social-work educator
- Elsie Jane Whicker (1899–1987) bush-nursing superintendent
- Jenifer Hedley Edols Whitecross (1926–1988) veterinary surgeon and administrator
- Edith Alexandra White (1901–1988) army matron
- Lady Elizabeth White (1907–1988) community worker
- Dorothy Eleanor Whitehead (1908–1976) headmistress
- Jessie McHardy White (1870–1957) army principal matron
- Mary Hyacinthe Petronel White (1900–1984) local government councillor and campaigner for women’s rights
- Myrtle Rose White (1888–1961) author
- Harriett Frances Wicken (1847–1937) cookery writer
- Elise Wiedermann (1851–1922) soprano
- Alice Ivy Wigmore (1895–1982) violinist and philanthropist
- Dorothy Irene Wilkinson (1883–1947) headmistress
- Mary Boyd Burfitt Williams (1882–1956) physician and pathologist
- Mary Jamieston Williams, feminist
- Ada Jean Hounsell Williamson (1891–1977) journalist
- Susannah Jane Williams (1875–1942) classical scholar and educationist
- Florence Amy Willie (1922–1981) community leader
- Austral Groves Wilson (Strella) (1894–1989) soprano
- Ella Wilson (1870–1959) Sister of Charity
- Enid Phyllis Wilson (1908–1988) psychologist
- Norah Magdalene Wilson (1901–1971) Aboriginal community leader
- Norma Linley Wilson (1898–1990) dancing entrepreneur
- Marie Naomi Wing (1903–1985) medical practitioner
- Mary Elizabeth Victoria Wirth (Marizles) (1868–1948) equestrienne
- Gweneth Wisewould (1884–1972) medical practitioner
- Mary Helen Withers (1907–1986) community leader
- Isobel Wolmby (1917–1989) Indigenous culture informant
- Joan Mary Woodhill (1912–1990) dietitian
- Margaret Joan Woodhouse (1927–1990) bookseller
- Olwen Abigail Wooster (1917–1981) air force officer and telecommunications engineer
- Elinor Caroline Wray (1899–1992) speech pathologist
- Wilhemina Wylie (Mina) (1891–1984) swimmer
Y
[edit]- Constance Louise Young (Connie) (1900–1987) local history enthusiast
Organisations
[edit]- Australian Women's Charter
- Council of Action for Equal Pay
- Sydney University Womens Association
- Women for Canberra
- Women With Disabilities Australia
- Women's Australian National Services
- Women's Automotive Club of Australia