FIRST WORLD WAR WOMEN
working for peace in Melbourne 1914-1919
PROLOGUE === 22. === 24. THE WPA ESTABLISHED AND RAN A WORKERS' COMMUNE
23. 'AS GOOD AS A MAN'
Six young women will be in training under the
capable direction of Cecilia John and Ina Higgins.
The former is a poultry expert, and, besides, “as
good as a man” she can drive a car, paint a house,
erect poultry sheds ...
Miss Higgins is a trained and qualified poultry
expert ... the trainees have no fees to pay; they
give their work, receive a home.
Woman Voter 13 April 1915 State Library of Victoria
Portrait of Ina Higgins in garden,
Killenna, 1919, National Library of Australia
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