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Senator Dorothy Tangney, taken in the 1940s

In 1943 Dorothy Tangney became one of the first women to be elected to the Australian Parliament. Tangney served for 25 years. Her record as the longest serving woman in parliament wasn’t broken until 2001.

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National Library of Australia, an23371718

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