Biography Of Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell

Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell was born on October 2nd, 1913 and passed away on the 5th of March 2000 in Adelaide, South Australia. She is known as Roma the first because she has held so many positions of being the first woman in Australian history. She has contributed actively to many organizations and assisted many committees particularly those that have concerns about education, heritage, arts, equal opportunities and human rights. She became a Catholic role model as it was believed her heart and mind was shaped and nourished by her Christian faith. Because of this, she remained an unaffected and clear-sighted woman with a passion for justice throughout her many positions.

Roma was admitted to the Bar in 1934 and by 1935 she was a partner

In 1962, Roma was to be Australia’s first female Queen’s Counsel. That same year, she was an Australian representative at the United Nations seminar on the Status of Women in Family Law. Three years later, 1965, she was appointed to be the first woman judge in the Superior Court. In 1981, she became the founding chairperson of the Australian Human Rights Commission as well as a Member of the Council for the Order of Australia until 1900. She retired from the bench in 1983, where no woman was appointed for years after and made the first woman to be chancellor of the University of Adelaide until 1900. Then in 1991, she became the first female State Governor of South Australia until 1996. Throughout these years, Roma campaigned for the right of woman to be included as jurors, helped bring about reforms that were an advocate for women and children in domestic violence situations and was a pioneer of the Australian women rights movement. The roles Roma was in were a huge deal as she had a wide range of responsibilities at play and each one influenced Australian society. This is because of the values that were involved: justice, human right and equality. She lived by them and

She was a publicly loved figure, recognized for being a pioneer of the Australian women’s rights and a human rights advocate. Roma became an inspiration to women as she was the first woman in many roles. Her being a crusader for equality and a conservative feminist that leads women in a new direction is an influence for women rising to the top, dominating the ‘male’ professions. She also has a trademark in being an anti-discriminator. She has changed lives of the generations that were to come ahead of her and had a major effect and influence on the community around