Edith Dircksey Cowan, OBE (August 2 1861–June 9 1932) was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament. Edith Brown was born and raised in Glengarry Station near Geraldton, Western Australia on August 2 1861. The second daughter of Kenneth Brown and Mary Eliza Dircksey née Wittenoom, … Wikipedia
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