These 11 Aussie women will seriously inspire you.
Does anyone really look up to any of the Kardashians?
According to their TV ratings and social media accounts — yes, yes they do. (Sigh.)
But we’re here to tell you there are so many more worthy role models right here at home. So, PUT DOWN THE REMOTE and read up on these incredible Aussie women.
1. Delta Goodrem.
Just as she was hitting her stride as one of Australia’s most successful young singers, in early 2003 Delta Goodrem received the news that she was suffering from Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Now that she has recovered, she devotes much of her time to supporting charities such as Research Australia’s “Thank You Day” which honours Aussie medical researchers, is a member of RADD (Recording Artists, Actors And Athletes Against Drink Driving) and in 2011 became an ambassador for the Kinghorn Cancer Centre at Sydney’s Garvan Institute for Medical Research.
2. Erin Molan.
The Footy Show favourite Erin Molan is a rising TV and radio star. Recently she watched her older sister Sarah battle bowel cancer shortly after giving birth to her second child.
The sisters now both work with Bowel Cancer Australia, raising awareness of the disease and reminding everyone about the importance of early detection.
3. Marta Dusseldorp.
TV and theatre actress Marta Dusseldorp most recently starred in the TV series A Place to Call Home and is regarded as one of Australia’s best theatre actors.
She is also devoted to her work as an ambassador for Save the Children, which has taken her to the Northern Territory where she spent time with Aboriginal families and their children.
Top Comments
I appreciate that the writer has a TV entertainment focus but to neglect great engineers, scientists and other really smart women who are not celebrities perpetuates the damaging idea that Women do not exist, and have no place, in the complicated world.
Will I be telling my daughters they need to be famous, and probably a sociopath, to be considered successful?? I certainly will NOT. My daughters are told they can do most things, within reason, if they really want to. That the main things holding them back are themselves, bad luck, natural skills and the fact there are other people in the world that may also want the same thing and there are often limited spaces. They're told that being happy should be the number 1 goal. From that, most other things are possible if you really want it, but beware of the side effects of being goal oriented, something has to be sacrificed, be sure you're willing to sacrifice it for the end result. And importantly, regardless of what happens, I'll still love them. Do they need a list of questionable female celebrities to aspire to be?? Absa-bloody-lootly NOT.