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Vale Mary Sexton
Vale Mary Sexton
Mary Sexton died in Canberra on Monday 5th December 2011. Mary was one of the driving forces behind an Australian Women's History Month, first commemorated in Australia in 2000. In 2005 Mary founded the Australian Women's History Forum, incorporating WHM, to make accessible the stories researched each year for WHM. In 2007 Mary's own role in establishing the Aboriginal Women's Taskforce in 1986 featured in the Arm in Arm WHM Gallery.
In 2008 ill health forced Mary to withdraw from active membership of the Forum, becoming instead our second Patron. We will miss her enormously.
New National Calendar
A new online calendar is being launched in October by Do Something - an organisation set up by Planet Arc co-founders, John Dee and Pat Rafter.
The National Calendar will be a guide to community and charity events all around Australia. If your organisation would like to register to use this free online calendar, you can find out more at: http://nationalcalendar.com.au.
How to found Australian Aviation Women's Hall of Fame?
My unique history book, "First Females Above Australia - first 100 years of Australian woman pilot firsts" has recently been distributed to remote schools and museums throughout my 8,600km drive through six states of Australia. My aim is to place copies in every school library to inspire women of all ages.
My dream now is to establish an Australian Aviation Women's Hall of Fame, to preserve and present this history permanently. How do I do this?
Celebration of women making history
For the whole of March, read guests blogs by women with fascinating insights and stories and lives.
Women who have already appeared include: Anita Heiss; Satima Flavell; Lynn Viehl; Glenda Larke; Sophie Masson; Kaaron Warren; Sharyn Lilley; Deborah Kalin; Lara Eakins and Wendy Orr, with many more to come.
Read their blogs at gillpolack.livejournal.com
You are also welcome to add your own comments.
Women's History Month 2011- Poster Release
Women's History Month 2011- Poster Release
The arresting picture of Colonel Audrey Cahn, pioneer dietitian, instructing members of the Australian Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment during WWII, has been chosen to illustrate one of the many areas in which women have contributed to Australia's history when 'working with food'.
Use the link on the page where the poster is displayed to download it and use for publicity purposes during WHM 2011.
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