What's the best advice you got from your mother or a mentor? We asked some of the most influential women in Sydney IWD19 | pitthen juliepower
along with the contribution of feminists around the world. Here in Australia this year we celebrate 125 years since South Australian women made history as the first in the world to not only vote like their New Zealand sisters, but also to run for Parliament. On Sunday, the All About Women festival at the Opera House will include a panel on "leading while female."
What's the best advice you got from your mother or a mentor? We asked some of the most influential women in Sydney - the ones who determine the city's economy, laws, planning and cultural life.Opera House Chief Executive Louise Herron said her grandmother advised her to stand tall, something she interpreted both literally and metaphorically.
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