1943: First women in Australian parliament

A description of the way women obtained the vote, and of the first woman Member of the House of Representatives, Dame Enid Lyons, and the first woman Senator, Dame Dorothy Tangney.

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Dame Dorothy M. Tangney (left) and Dame Enid Lyons, GBE, entering the front door of the House of Representatives on 24 September 1943

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