Index by Yasmeen Doost. Labor women pioneers p1. From the beginning women were vocal p3. Louisa Lawson p6. Vida Goldstein p6-7. Emma Miller p8-10. Bertha McNamara p10-11. Jean Beadle p11-12. May Jordan p16-17. The first elected women p20. May Holman p28-30. Jessie Street p31-34. Muriel Heagney p34-36. Dorothy Margaret Tangney p36-38. Fighting entrenched attitudes p39. Phyllis Jean Benjamin MBE AO p46. Ruby Florence Hutchison p47-48. Ellen Violet (Vi) Jordan AM p48-50. The agenda-settlers p53. Social change and the pursuit of political life p55. Women moving forward p70. Lyla Elliott p71-72. Joan Child p75-76. Jean Melzer p76-77. Ruth Coleman p77-78. Susan Ryan p80-81. Anne Levy p84-86. Delcia Kite p86-87. A national agenda for women p88. Susan Ryan, AO p94-97. Ann Symonds: changing the policies p99-100. Women in power p106. Fran Bladel : a day in the life p111-113. Carmen Lawrence p114-115. Joan Kirner AM p115-116. Rosemary Follett p122. Jennie George p125. The next generation p127. Pre-selection p129. Strategies for the future p148. Getting started p166. Judy Spence: joining the Party p168-169. Maggie Hickey: winning a man’s seat p171-172. Appendix A p177. Labor women in Australian government –biographical notes p177. New South Wales p177. Catherine Green p177. Ellen Webster (1881-1965) p177. Mary Quirk (1881-1952) p177. Lilian Fowler (1887-1954) p178. Gertrude Melville (1884-1959) p178. Edna Roper (1913-86) p178. Anne Press (1903-92) p178. Amelia Rygate (1898-1988) p178. Evelyn Barron (1898-1985) p180. Kathleen Anderson AM (1921-) p180. Delcia Kite (1925-?) p180. Marie Fisher (1933-) p180. Dorothy Isaksen (1930-) p180. Deirdre Grusovin (1938-) p181. Franca Arena (1937-) p181. Janica Crosio (1939-) p181. Ann Symonds (1939) p181. Jeannette McHugh (1934-) p181-3. Judith Walker(1938-) p183. Sue West (1947-) p183. Pam Allan (1953-) p183. Sandra Nori (1953-) p183. Meredith Burgmann (1947-) p183. Jan Burnswoods (1943-) p184. Faye Lo Po’AO (1936-) p184. Maggie Deahm (1938-) p184. Mary Easson (1955-) p184. Belinda Neal (1963-) p184. Gabrielle Harrison (1964-) p186. Reba Meagher (1968-) p186. Marie Andrews (1941) p186. Diane Beamer (1960-) p186. Jill Hall (1950-) p186. Janelle Saffin (1954-) p186-188. Patricia Staunton (1946-) p188. Victoria p188. Fanny Brownbill (1890-1948) p188. Doris Blackburn (1889-1970) p188. Jean Melzer (1926-) p188. Joan Child p189. Pauline Toner (1935-89) p189. Joan Coxsedge (1931-) p189. Valerie Callister (1950-) p189. Caroline Hogg (1942-) p189. Jane Hill (1936-) p191. Judith Dixon (1945-) p191. Joan Kirner (1938-) p191. Margaret Ray (1933-) p191. Kay Setches (1944-) p191. Olive Zakharov (1929-95) p192. Helen Mayer (1932-) p192. Jean McLean (1934-) p192. Jan Wilson (1939-) p192. Beth Gleeson (1943-90) p192. Carolyn Hirsh (1937-) p194. Maureen Lyster (1943-) p194. Licia Kokocinski (1951-) p194. Ann Barker (1952-) p194. Sherryl Garbutt (1948-) p194. Carole Marple (1941-) p195. Monica Gould (1957-) p195. Jacinta Collins (1962-) p195. Western Australia p195. May Holman ( 1893-1939) p195. Dorothy Tangney (1912-85) p197. Ruby Hutchison (1892-1974) p197. Lyla Elliott (1934-) p197. Ruth Coleman (1931-) p197. Grace Vaughan (1922-84) p197. Pat Giles (1928-) p198. Wendy Fatin (1941-) p198. Pamela Beggs (1947-) p198. Pamela Buchanan (1937-92) p198. Kay Hallahan (1941-) p198-200. Yvonne Henderson (1948-) p200. Jackie Watkins (1949-) p200. Carolyn Jakobsen (1947-) p200. Berly Jones (1932-) p200. Carmen Lawrence (1948-) p200-1. Judyth Watson (1940-) p201. Cheryl Davenport (1947-) p201. Judy Edwards (1955-) p201. Val Ferguson (1941-) p201. Alannah MacTiernan (1953-) p203. Diana Warnock (1940-) p203. Michelle Roberts (1960-) p203. Queensland p203. Vi Jordan OA (1913-82) p203. Elaine Darling (1936-) p205. Margaret Reynolds (1941-) p205. Anne Warner (1945-) p205. Lorraine Bird (1942-) p205. Mary Crawford (1947-) p205. Lesley Clark (1948-) p206. Wendy Edmond (1946-) p206. Laurel Power (1953-) p206. Molly Robson (1942-) p206