Document Type
Book
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Place of Publication
Churchlands, Western Australia
Abstract
When the septuagenarian Mrs Edith Dircksey Cowan (nee Brown) OBE, J P died on 9 June 1932 few denied, at least overtly, that she deserved an appropriate memorial. Edith Cowan is remembered today as the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament as the Member for West Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for three years from 12 March 1921 until defeated in the 1924 election...
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Wycherley, P. (1997). Mrs Cowan's clock: The location of the Edith Cowan memorial. Churchlands, Australia: Edith Cowan University.