From Caroline Chisholm, who changed the history of female migration to Australia, to Mary Gaunt who explored West Africa, journeying by mule cart from Peking to the Gobi desert, to Enid Lyons, widowed mother of twelve, and her struggles to hold office as Australia's first Cabinet Minister, and to Julia Gillard, our first female Prime Minister, and Quentin Bryce, mother of five and our first female Governor-General, Trailblazers outlines the lives of extraordinary Australian women who have been pioneers and inspiring role models.

"At a time when gossip-manufactured ‘celebs’ are featured merely for being thin, it’s a relief to read about ‘real’, historic females. ‘Trailblazers’ includes fifteen women from Australia’s past, and a few contemporaries who achieved significant goals, solved problems for others or tackled challenges as the ‘first’ in their field." - Hazel Edwards.