Edith Cowan By Hazel Edwards and Angela Grzegrzolka

Edith Cowan A Quiet Woman Of Note

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Written by Hazel Edwards Illustrated by Angela Grzegrzolka

Aussie Heroes Edith Cowan A Quiet Woman Of Note

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Aussie Heroes Edith Cowan A Quiet Woman Of Note Written by Hazel Edwards Illustrated by Angela Grzegrzolka

While reasonable efforts have been made to verify the contents for accuracy and completeness, some material could not be authenticated.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First published in Australia 2014

by New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd ABN 67 126 171 757 Suite 3, Level 2, 18 Aquatic Drive, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086, Australia www.newfrontier.com.au Text copyright Š 2014 Hazel Edwards Illustrations copyright Š 2014 Angela Grzegrzolka This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission.

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Edwards, Hazel, 1945- author.

Title: Edith Cowan : a quiet woman of note / written by Hazel Edwards ; illustrated by Angela Grzegrzolka.

ISBN: 9781925059021 (paperback) Series: Aussie heroes.

Target Audience: For primary school age.

Subjects: Cowan, Edith Dircksey, 1861-1932--Juvenile literature.

Women politicians--Western Australia--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Women--Political activity--Western Australia--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Western Australia--Politics and government--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors/Contributors: Grzegrzolka, Angela, illustrator.

Dewey Number: 994.104 Designed by Celeste Hulme 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

With assistance from Gail Arkins, researcher Steve Howell, State Library of Western Australia Students of Noorat Primary School, who made helpful suggestions

Contents Meet: A Notable Woman on a Banknote

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Chapter One: Childhood at Glengarry Station

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Chapter Two: Boarding School

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Chapter Three: The Trials of Social Reform

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Chapter Four: Children

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Chapter Five: When to Talk and When to Act

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Chapter Six: Wartime Work with the Red Cross

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Chapter Seven: Suffragists

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Chapter Eight: First Woman Elected to Parliament 91 Chapter Nine: Legacies

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Edith Cowan Time Line

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Meet: A Notable Woman on a Banknote

Imagine having your face on every Australian fifty-dollar banknote. It doesn’t mean that you own all that money, but it does mean that you have done something important. There’s even a saying: a person of note or a notable person.

Have a close look at the fifty-dollar note.

Most people don’t notice anything except the fact that it will buy fifty dollars’ worth of something. But the design includes a picture of Western Australia’s original Parliament House, and an illustration of a mother and

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