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In 1998 Fejo was given the Australian Medical Association's Best Individual Contribution to Healthcare in Australia Award, for her contribution as the coordinator of the Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture program in the Northern Territory. [3] [4] In 2000 Fejo was awarded the Centenary Medal, for services to the Aboriginal community. [5]
Loris Williams was born on 16 September 1949 into a strong Aboriginal family in Brisbane. Her mother Agnes (nee Bell) descended from the Birri Gubba people of the country's North Queensland region. Her father Cyril was from the Mununjali people who hailed from Beaudesert, south of Brisbane. [1] [3]
Blanche Brillon Macdonald (11 May 1931 – 8 June 1985) was a Canadian Métis born in Faust, Alberta of French and First Nations heritage. [1] She launched her career as the winner of Miss English Bay in 1949 before becoming involved in the support of the rights and culture of Aboriginal peoples as well as numerous women's organizations.
Sharon Donna Mclvor (born October 9, 1948) is a leading Aboriginal women's rights activist, a member of the Lower Nicola Band and is a Thompson Indian. [1] She challenged the government of Canada in a landmark case regarding sex-based discrimination among Indigenous women and children.
Phyllis Mary Kaberry (17 September 1910 – 31 October 1977) was a social anthropologist who dedicated her work to the study of women in various societies. Particularly with her work in both Australia and Africa, she paved the way for a feminist approach in anthropological studies.
Racette is a board member of the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective, [5] and her artwork promotes Aboriginal and Aboriginal women's histories. Racette's paintings have been featured in a number of publications, and her work "The Flower Beadwork People" was published by the Gabriel Dumont Institute in 1992. [6]
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC and The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. [9] 2016: Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA. [10] 2016-2019: Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia.
The Bill removed the legal gender discrimination that had impacted Indigenous women in their choice of husband, and allowed women who had been stripped of their Indian status to regain it through a process of reinstatement. [1] [3] Two-Axe Earley was the first woman to have her status reinstated by Indian Affairs Minister David Crombie. [10]