Edith Cowan campaigned for women's rights as well as children's rights in particular in regard to education. She believed that children and women deserved the right to education and equal rights to men, who were seen as superior during her time. She achieved this when she was elected into the Western Australian Government in 1921, only one year after women were able to enter parliament.
Edith Cowan University was created in 1991.
Edith Cowan was the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament. She was the Nationalist candidate to the Legislative Assembly seat of West Perth in 1920.
Edith Cowan was born in Glengary Western Australia and raised there too.
Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial was created in 1934.
The motto of Edith Cowan University is 'Freedom Through Knowledge'.
Yes, Edith married James Cowan. James was a registar and master of the supreme court.
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Edith did not have any real hobbies, but she loved books and reading.
Mrs Cowan.