History Detective

Dame Dorothy Tangney First Australian Woman in the Senate LITH

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Welcome to Season 3 of Ladies in the House, a Museum of Australian Democracy and History Detective collaboration.

In this 4-part series we are going to celebrate the lives of four incredible women and how they contributed to Australian democracy. 

Meet Dorothy Tangney the first Australian woman to be elected into the Senate.

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Music written and performed by Kelly Chase.