Meet lawyer, refugee and migrant rights activist, writer and commentator, Nyadol Nyuon.
Meet Georgie Stone and Rebekah Robertson, advocates for the rights of trans people.
Meet Enid Lyons, first Australian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, wife of a prime minister, mother of 12 children and much more.
Meet Susan Ryan, who played an important part in making laws against gender discrimination so that women could have careers as well as families.
Meet Oodgeroo Noonuccal, First Nations poet, artist, writer, educator and political activist. Learn about her important role in the 1967 referendum.
Meet Janine Haines, the first woman to be elected the leader of an Australian political party, and explore her interest in looking after people and the environment.
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