Born: 2 August 1911, Australia
Died: 2005
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: Pearl Hogg
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
Meanwhile in Australia, a monument to the country’s first female riverboat skipper, Pearl Wallace, was damaged during flooding in 2011 and when repaired, she had been transformed into a bearded male. The reasons for this are unclear—likely, it was done by someone ignorant of the subject who simply assumed it was a tribute to a man. It was only after Wallace’s grandson advised the local council of the mistake 12 years later that this was corrected.