Edith Cowan is a famous person. She is on the back of the $50 note .
She was born on 9 August 1861 and she died on 9 June 1932.
She had many occupations: She was the first female parliamentarian in Austranlia.
She was a pioneer for children's rights and she was one of Western Australia's first female magistrates in the chidren's court.
What other interesting things did the Edith Cowan do?
She was also a pioneer for women's rights, being the one to intruduce the women's Legal Status Bill,whith cleared the way for women to be involved in high level professions such as law and medicine.
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