WOMEN WHO BUILT THE FUTURE
NANCY BIRD
BORN TO FLY
Dr Phoebe Chapple (Captain QMAAC)
It could be tough growing up in a family of high achievers. Her father was Headmaster at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. A brother was a Cambridge University, England, graduate and now lecturer in engineering; another brother also a graduate of Cambridge, was taking...
EARLY WOMEN WARRIOR QUEENS, AMAZONS AND PIRATES
Since ancient times women have been involved in war, not just as victims, but involved in most civil and international conflicts. Mythology is invested with significant women warriors and leaders. ‘Neith’ was the Libyan goddess of the Pelasgian religion; her Sais...
RUBY OLIVE BOYLE
Ruby Olive Boye, born in Sydney on 29 July in 1891 in Sydney, was the fifth of eight children. She worked in retail until her marriage on 25 October 1919 to Sydney Skov Boye. Ruby was described as a tall and imposing woman who radiated a natural dignity and a...
GRACE HOPPER
Called back at 61
BEATRICE “TILLY” SHILLING
Designed a carburetor device to stop the Spitfire Merlin engine cutting out during introverted flights_files
HERTHA AYRTON
The engineer who fought poison gas
MARY SEACOLE
Rejected. Went anyway.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Her real weapon was data
JOSEPHINE COCHRANE
Fine. I’ll invent it myself.
NANCY BIRD
BORN TO FLY
Dr Phoebe Chapple (Captain QMAAC)
It could be tough growing up in a family of high achievers. Her father was Headmaster at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. A brother was a Cambridge University, England, graduate and now lecturer in engineering; another brother also a graduate of Cambridge, was taking...
EARLY WOMEN WARRIOR QUEENS, AMAZONS AND PIRATES
Since ancient times women have been involved in war, not just as victims, but involved in most civil and international conflicts. Mythology is invested with significant women warriors and leaders. ‘Neith’ was the Libyan goddess of the Pelasgian religion; her Sais...
RUBY OLIVE BOYLE
Ruby Olive Boye, born in Sydney on 29 July in 1891 in Sydney, was the fifth of eight children. She worked in retail until her marriage on 25 October 1919 to Sydney Skov Boye. Ruby was described as a tall and imposing woman who radiated a natural dignity and a...
GRACE HOPPER
Called back at 61
BEATRICE “TILLY” SHILLING
Designed a carburetor device to stop the Spitfire Merlin engine cutting out during introverted flights_files
HERTHA AYRTON
The engineer who fought poison gas
MARY SEACOLE
Rejected. Went anyway.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Her real weapon was data
JOSEPHINE COCHRANE
Fine. I’ll invent it myself.
NOMINATE A REMARKABLE WOMAN
She's over 55. She's lived a life worth hearing about. Tell us who she is.
Wrinkles in the Fabric with Dr Kathryn Spurling is looking for women with stories worth preserving.
You don't need to be famous.
You don't need to have written a book.
You don't need a Wikipedia page.You just need a story worth telling.
