Julia Gillard (27th Prime Minister, 2010–13) is the first female
The first woman elected to a state parliament was Edith Cowan, when she was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1921.
First Women in federal parliament - Dame Enid Lyons and Dame Dorothy Tangney. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the first two women elected to the Australian federal parliament - Dorothy Tangney to the Senate, and Enid Lyons to the House of Representatives.
Her election made headlines around the country. Though she only held the seat for a single term, Cowan was an effective and independent-minded parliamentarian. Edith Cowan in her maiden speech, 28 July 1921: Many people think … that it was not the wisest thing to do to send a woman into Parliament …
Today, every Australian state and territory has had at least one female government head, except for South Australia; the Australian Capital Territory has had the most, with three serving throughout its 27-year history; Queensland, New South Wales, the Northern Territory have each had a second female head of government ...
NSW state parliament
When Burney was elected as the Member for Canterbury in 2003, she became the first Aboriginal person to serve in the NSW Parliament. In her inaugural speech to the Legislative Assembly she said: I am a member of the mighty Wiradjuri Aboriginal nation […]
She is the youngest woman to be elected to federal parliament, winning election at the age of 25 and taking office at the age of 26. She was the youngest person ever elected to the Senate (although several others have been appointed at younger ages), until Jordon Steele-John was elected in 2017.
She was the first black woman to become an MP. Abbott's speech on civil liberties, in the debate on the Counter-Terrorism Bill 2008, won The Spectator magazine's "Parliamentary Speech of the Year" award, and further recognition at the 2008 Human Rights awards.
Women's Suffrage in Australia. Women's suffrage was achieved in Australia after decades of peaceful yet determined campaigning by thousands of women. The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 granted most Australian and men women the right to vote and to stand in federal elections.
The first woman elected president of a country was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland, who won the 1980 presidential election as well as three subsequent elections, remaining in office for a total of 16 years, which makes her the longest-serving non-hereditary female head of state in history.
It further notes that "as no woman senator has ever been in this situation, it is not clear what the title would be in that circumstance". Since then, the title has been assumed by Marise Payne, the longest serving female senator in Australia's history.
Since 1917, when Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to serve in Congress, a total of 423 women have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, Resident Commissioners, or Senators.
Woman Mitchell, Roma Flinders
She studied law at the University of Adelaide and, in 1962, became Australia's first female Queen's Counsel.
Purpose This article explores the childhood, professional life and social activism of Alice Rigney (1942–2017) who became Australia's first Aboriginal woman principal in 1986.
Gladys Elphick (1904-1988)
Elphick is also known for being the founding president of the South Australian Council of Aboriginal Women, having co-founded the South Australian Aboriginal Medical Service, and having helped set up Adelaide's Aboriginal Community Centre, together with the College of Aboriginal Education.
Hillary Clinton (bottom left) has been the most admired woman 22 times, and Eleanor Roosevelt (bottom right) has been the most admired woman 13 times.
Marie Curie was a Polish scientist - and is probably one of the most famous scientists of all time. She was born in the Polish city of Warsaw, but later moved to France where she made an incredible discovery which would change the world.
Dubbed "The Most Interesting Woman in the World" by Outside magazine, Kellee Edwards, host of Mysterious Islands on the Travel Channel, is a licensed pilot and expert scuba diver who flies herself to remote islands for high-adrenaline adventures.
Since 1900, the youngest serving state leader has been 192-day-old Fuad II, King of Egypt (left), while the oldest has been 96-year-old Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (right).
Australia. The titles "Father of the House" and "Father of the Senate" are sometimes used to refer to the members of each chamber of the Parliament of Australia with the longest continuous service.
Sir Ninian Stephen "John Quick, A true founding father of federation*" – Parliament of Australia.