Physical description

Illustrated book with yellow front cover on which tile and author's name are printed in brown ink. There are also one large and four smaller illustrations of women on the front cover (large illustration is Catherine of Aragon, the other illustrations clockwise from top left are Amy Johnson, Annette Kellerman, Dane Ellen Terry and Anna Pavlova) Title, author's and publisher's names are printed in brown on a white background on the spine. A brown and white photograph of a female pilot (Amelia Earhart) along with a list of some of the women written about in the book

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

On the title is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by "Marjorie Connor (handwritten in ink) Previous catalogue number is also handwritten in ink on this sticker

Summary

Brief biographies of 43 women of prominence in various categories