Elsie Bramell

Elsie Bramell, the first female anthropologist appointed to the Australian Museum, was on the staff from 1933 until 1941 when she was required to resign upon her marriage to fellow Museum anthropologist Frederick McCarthy.

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Adela Fernández

Mexican educator and writer whose work included 14 books of literature, poetry, anthropology and Mexican history, two short experimental films and many plays.

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Lydia Parrish

In the 1950’s, Lydia Parrish made recordings of traditional songs of the Gullah Geechee culture that are now part of the Margaret Davis Cate Collection at Fort Frederica National Monument.

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Dr Julie Andrews

Professor Julie Andrews led the development of La Trobe University’s Gabra Biik, Wurruwila Wutja Indigenous Research Centre, of which she is now Director.

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