The Magnificent Life of Miss May Holman

<p>Throughout the 1930s May Holman was a household name and an inspiration to the women of her generation. She made history in 1925 when at age thirty-one she became Australia's first female Labor parliamentarian holding the seat of Forrest until her untimely death on the eve of the 1939 elections.</p><p></p><p>A woman who fought tirelessly for the rights of those in her electorate her accidental death received national coverage with thousands of Western Australian mourners lining the streets to pay tribute.</p><p></p><p>May Holman charted new territory for women but the barriers she encountered and her methods of overcoming them still resonate today.</p><p></p>