A Loo of One's Own – Australia's First Female Parliamentarians | Eleri Harris | 2025 [NEW – HC – Ages 6–10]

When Dame Enid Lyons became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1943, she and Senator Dorothy Tangney faced a problem nobody had thought to solve: there was no women's toilet anywhere near the parliamentary chambers.

Eleri Harris's picture book tells the true story of Australia's first female parliamentarians — framed around this wonderfully absurd practical obstacle — in a way that is both funny and genuinely informative for children.

Enid Lyons was born near Smithton in north-west Tasmania, went on to become a mother of twelve, wife of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, and a formidable political figure in her own right. We stock this book because she is one of Tasmania's most significant daughters.

A great gift for children interested in history, politics or simply the idea that things which seem obvious now weren't always provided.

BOOK DETAILS

• Hardcover picture book.
• Published 2025.
• Ages 6–10.

CONDITION

New.

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