حراء’s Reviews > Women Who Win: Celebrating courage, conviction and change > Status Update

“I do that often, she said matter of factly. Especially for someone not getting universal approval, because often that person turns out to be right.”

Lattouf describes attending a Women’s Leadershjp event and shared that McArthy squeezed her shoulder on the way to collecting her lifetime achievement award saying; “Keep going. I came to hear you speak.” What stands out to me here is how one woman is on her way to receiving empowerment and on the way, emboldens another. That’s one classy woman.

Abortion is a right under threat in Australia, and has been rolled back in the US.

McArthy joined 79 other women in signing a full page newspaper advertisement declaring they had undergone illegal abortions.

Abortion was a criminal act

Wendy McArthy accepted a teaching scholarship in Armidale

During my time in Armidale, no one mentioned his wife Bugg. Thunderbolt, her husband, was the known figure.

Fred Ward (Capt Thunderbolt) ruled and robbed the highways of New England High Country. Thunderbolt’s wife was crucial to his survival.

Armed with the legacies of women before us, what fight will you take on? What victories are within your reach?