Dame Enid Lyons was the first woman to sit in the Australian House of Representatives. She writes of championing women's rights to equal pay and citizenship retention after foreign marriage, and the turbulent politics of post-war reconstruction. She also gives glimpses of many Canberra notables.
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Oughton, Robina
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Dame Enid Lyons was the first woman to sit in the Australian House of Representatives. She writes of championing women's rights to equal pay and citizenship retention after foreign marriage, and the turbulent politics of post-war reconstruction. She also gives glimpses of many Canberra notables.