Lyons, Enid Muriel, (Dame) (1897-1981)

Also known as
Lyons, Enid, (Dame) (1897-1981)
Lyons, Enid Muriel (1897-1981)
Field of activity
Politician
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Dame Enid Lyons AD GBE was the first woman elected to the Australian federal Parliament, in 1943. She was also the first woman in federal Cabinet. She was appointed as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 11 May 1957 for her public services to Australia and as a Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) on 26 January 1980.

Originally a teacher, Enid had a long-held interest in politics. In 1915 she married Joseph Lyons, who became Prime Minister of Australia in 1931. The couple had 12 children.

In 1943 Enid Lyons was elected to the House of Representatives for the seat of Darwin (in Tasmania) as a candidate for the United Australia party, where she demonstrated her concern with issues surrounding maternity care, child endowment, women's representation in parliament and discrimination in employment.

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Selected resources (19)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Primary description of person CP 928; Hon Dame Enid Muriel Lyons AD, DBE
    National Archives of Australia
    Series: http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+928
  2. Significant Tasmanian Women: Dame Enid Lyons AO (1897-1981), First woman to be elected to the Commonwealth Parliament
    Women Tasmania
    [2001]
    Series: http://www.women.tas.gov.au/significantwomen/search/enidlyons.html
  3. The Complete Book of Great Australian Women: Thirty-six women who changed the course of Australia
    De Vries, Susanna
    [2003]
    Published: HarperCollins
  4. Dame Enid LyonsGeorge Negus Tonight Australian Broadcasting Commission : Dame Enid Lyons
    [2003]
    Series: http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s951058.htm
  5. So Many Firsts: Liberal Women from Enid Lyons to the Turnbull Era
    Fitzherbert, Margaret
    [2009]
    Published: The Federation Press
  6. No ordinary lives: pioneering women in Australian politics
    Jenkins, Cathy
    [2008]
    Published: Australian Scholarly Publishing
  7. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  8. Liberal women : Federation to 1949
    Fitzherbert, Margaret
    [2004]
    Published: Federation Press
  9. Uphill all the way
    Daniels, Kay
    [1980]
    Published: University of Queensland Press
  10. Australian women writers : a bibliographic guide
    Adelaide, Debra
    [1988]
    Published: Pandora Press
  11. DAME ENID LYONSAustralians Behind the News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation : DAME ENID LYONS
    [2002]
    Published: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
    Series: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/elyons.htm
  12. List of Electoral Divisions Named After Women
    Australian Electoral Commission
    Series: http://www.aec.gov.au/history/women/women3.htm
  13. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press
  14. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Papers of Dame Enid Muriel Lyons (1931 - 1974)
    Correspondence, as well as some photographs, newspaper cuttings, speeches, broadcasts, invitations and programs. Includes manuscripts of Dame Enid's books 'So we take comfort,' 'The old haggis' and 'Among the carrion crows.' Correspondence is largely condolence letters from individuals and organisations following her husband J.A. Lyon's death in 1939. The remaining letters are from politicians, Tasmanian friends, and numerous organisations - mainly women's groups, religious organisations, and the Liberal Party. The material covers topics including infant welfare, social services and abortion law reform.
    MS 4852
  15. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: [Interview with Dame Enid Lyons] [soundrecording] / [interviewer : Mel Pratt] (1972)
    Dame Enid comments on her husband's schooling, interests and persuasiveness; George Pearce; Joe's "illiteracy"; his character; myth of support of Victorian establishment; his relationship with Casey; his qualifications for political eminence ; her conversion to Catholicism; accusation of her dominating Joe; conscription; Father O'Donnell; her early life in Tasmania; King O'Malley; educational changes in Tasmania; Mr Neale; honeymoon at the Premiers' Conference; Mrs Holman; the Labor Party and class consciousness; interest in politics; Blackburn interpretation; problems faced by Joe as Premier; relationship with trade unions; Lyons entry into Federal government; difference between Federal and Tasmanian Labor Parties; Lyons as Acting Treasurer; break with Labor Party; standards of values in politics; Theodore; Albert Ogilvie; conversion of loan campaign; Nationalist Party; relations between UAP and Country Party; Frank Green; Catholic education; Australian Women's National League and United Australia party; preparing Australia for war; Lyons' relationship with Menzies; Menzies and Murdoch; Menzies and Mussolini; Munich Crisis; Germany and Czechoslovakia; Chamberlain; Lyons' death; the Baldwins; her running for Parliament; opposition from the Labor party; Dorothy Tangney; attitude of colleagues to women in parliament; Calwell and immigration; her relationship with Menzies; Menzies' attacks on Curtin; her maiden speech; workload as a politician; endowment for first child; inclusion in Cabinet; Henry Gullet; leakages from Cabinet; retirement from politics; experiences in journalism; Australian Broadcasting Commission; Boyer; being made Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. 2 tape reels : 1 7/8 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
    ORAL TRC 121/30
  16. National Library of Australia Oral History Collection: Dame Enid Lyons - a tribute (1981?)
    Compilation of interviews with Dame Enid Lyons by the Australian Broadcasting Commission on various topics, around 60 minutes long. 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : analog, mono.
    ORAL TRC 1113
  17. National Archives of Australia, National Office: [Personal Papers of Prime Minister Gorton] (17 September 1969 - 1970)
    [Personal Papers of Prime Minister Gorton] Correspondence with the Hon L H E Bury (Treasurer) [re overseas investment, Commonwealth-State financial relations, pensions payable to former Prime Ministers wives (Dame Enid Lyons, Mrs Elsie Curtin), nuclear development, Commonwealth expenditure etc]
    4029449
  18. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Papers of Jack Horner (1974 - 1980)
    The bulk of the collection comprises papers relating to both published and unpublished works by Jack Horner, most of which concern Aboriginal rights issues. They include correspondence, research material and edited drafts. There are papers relating to the involvement of Horner and his wife with the Australian Council of Churches Commission on Aboriginal Development. They include agenda, minutes of meetings and related documentation. A small amount of correspondence is included in the papers, most of which relates to research for and publication of works by Jack Horner. Correspondents include Faith Bandler, Rev. F.G. Engel, Bill Gammage, Lex Grey and Dame Edith Lyons.
    MS 9503
  19. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Papers of various Australian women
    Manuscript drafts of biographical papers on the following: Anderson, Mary (11 p.); Brennan, Jennie (7 p.); Couchman, Dame Elizabeth May Ramsay (13 p.); Deakin's daughters, Brookes and Ivy Deakin; Rivett, Stella (Deakin) Lady; White, Vera (Deakin) Lady (14 p.); Goldstein, Vida (21 p.); Holman, May (16 p.); James, Britomarte (23 p.); Lyons, Dame Enid (17 p.); Rich, Ruby (19 p.); Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel (36 p.); Sweet, Georgina (22 p.); Waterworth, Edith (16 p.); Woinarski, Gertrude Zichy- (10 p.); Young, Jeanne (10 p.).
    MS 842

Resources by Enid Muriel Lyons (14)

  1. Among the carrion crows / [by] Dame Enid Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book, Audio book : 1972-1997 ]
    At 84 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 101.864)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 101.864)

  2. So we take comfort / [by] Dame Enid Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book : 1965-1966 ]
    At 41 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 65.933)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 65.933)

  3. The old haggis / Enid Lyons ; illustrated by Allan Langoulant
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book, Audio book : 1969 ]
    At 27 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 64.371)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 64.371)

  4. My life : the illustrated autobiography of Dame Enid Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book : 1949 ]
    At 6 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 48.576)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 48.576)

  5. Papers of Dame Enid Muriel Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Unpublished : 1931-1974 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 44.562)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 44.562)

  6. So we take comfort / Dame Enid Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-
    [ Book : 1965-1966 ]
    At 7 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.173)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.173)

  7. Dame Enid Lyons at the opening of Hughes Centre, Canberra, A.C.T., recorded by Bert Sheedy in the Bert Sheedy and Marj Sheedy oral history collection
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Sound : 1964 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.959)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.959)

  8. Dame Enid Lyons interviewed by Andrew Clark
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Sound : 1981 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.625)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.625)

  9. Home Hill / some reflections by Dame Enid Lyons ; edited by Brendan Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book : 2007 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.435)

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  10. Dame Enid Lyons interviewed by Mel Pratt in the Mel Pratt collection
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Sound : 1972 ]
    View online
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.575)

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  1. Among the carrion crows / [by] Dame Enid Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book, Audio book : 1972-1997 ]
    At 84 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 100.367)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 100.367)

  2. So we take comfort / [by] Dame Enid Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book : 1965-1966 ]
    At 41 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 64.448)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 64.448)

  3. The old haggis / Enid Lyons ; illustrated by Allan Langoulant
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book, Audio book : 1969 ]
    At 27 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 63.117)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 63.117)

  4. My life : the illustrated autobiography of Dame Enid Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Book : 1949 ]
    At 6 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 48.606)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 48.606)

  5. Papers of Dame Enid Muriel Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-1981
    [ Unpublished : 1931-1974 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.694)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.694)

  6. A political love story : Joe and Enid Lyons / Kate White
    White, Kate, 1949-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1987-1989 ]
    At 60 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 40.29)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 40.29)

  7. Enid Lyons : leading lady to a nation / Anne Henderson
    Henderson, Anne, 1949-
    [ Book : 2008 ]
    At 105 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 40.11)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 40.11)

  8. Joseph Lyons : guide to archives of Australia's prime ministers / Susan Marsden
    Marsden, Susan, 1952-
    [ Book : 2002-2003 ]
    Possibly online
    At 56 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.778)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.778)

  9. Dame Enid Lyons : political pioneer / Valerie Krantz and Diana Chase ; illustrated by John Fairbridge
    Krantz, Valerie
    [ Book : 1993 ]
    At 32 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.35)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.35)

  10. So we take comfort / Dame Enid Lyons
    Lyons, Enid Muriel Dame, 1897-
    [ Book : 1965-1966 ]
    At 7 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 32.431)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 32.431)

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  1. Book of the Week: Enid Lyons - Leading Lady to a Nation [Book Review]
    Coghlan, Alexandra
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    [ Article : 2008 ]
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  2. Dame Enid Lyons: a lady with style
    Gardam, Faye
    Papers and Proceedings (Tasmanian Historical Research Association)
    [ Article : 1996 ]
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  3. A Dame twice created (Interview with Dame Enid Lyons)
    Dexter, Nancy
    Sydney Morning Herald
    [ Article : 1980 ]
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  4. Enid Lyons - Leading Lady to a Nation
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  1. A Visual history, 1901-1945 / written by Sue Fabian and Morag Loh
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  1. So we take comfort
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    [ Book : 1965 ]
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  2. Newcastle 1943 : a credo of Christian social reconstruction: report of a Conference on Religion and Life held in the City Hall, Newcastle, N.S.W., October 18-23, 1943
    O'Brien, Eris, 1895-1974
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    Zipes, Jack David
    [ Book, Periodical : 2006-2011 ]
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    Gorman, Robert F
    [ Book : 2008 ]
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  1. Papers of Joseph Aloysius Lyons
    Lyons, J. A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1879-1939
    [ Unpublished : 1924-1939 ]
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    Hughes, W. M. (William Morris), 1862-1952
    [ Unpublished : 1865-1958 ]
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  1. BEQUEST TO DAME ENID LYONS Will Of Late Sir John Higgins MELBOURNE, December 14.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wednesday 15 December 1937 p 14 Article
    ... BEQUEST TO DAME ENID LYONS Will Of Late Sir John . Higgins ; MELBOURNE, December 14. 'Included, among, the .bequests provided in the will of the late Higgins is £2,500 to "Mrs. Enid Muriel Lyons, ... siBter. In the event of the death of Dame Enid Lyons before that time, the £2,500 will be divided among ... 115 words
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  2. FOR WOMEN IN CANBERRA FOR RED CROSS CONFERENCE.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 2 December 1939 p 11 Article Illustrated
    ... MRS. C. L. A. ABBOTT, MRS. R. G. MENZIES, DAME ENID LYONS, LADY WIL- SON (President, Queensland Division), LADY MURIEL BARCLAY-HARVEY (President, Sth. Aust. Division). ... 84 words
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  3. Mr. Lyons Married 23 Years
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Thursday 28 April 1938 p 2 Article Illustrated
    ... picture of Mr. and Mrs. Lyons with three of their ll'children. To-day she is Dame Enid Lyons, who ... and Railways in the Tasmanian Parliament when he married Enid Muriel Burhell, of Leesville, ... Mr. Lyons Married 23 Years CANBERRA, Wednesday.-To-morrow To- morrow the Prime Minister (Mr. ... 166 words
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