Joseph Lyons and the management of adversity
Australian Biographical Monographs 1
Kevin Andrews
Paperback, 88 pages
Release Date: November 2016
$19.95
ISBN: 9781925501339
Joseph Lyons was the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1932 until his death in 1939. He had previously been the Premier of Tasmania. Lyons steered Australia through the turbulent economic and social years of the Great Depression. His wife, Enid, was subsequently the first woman elected to the House of Representatives, and the first female to serve in the Cabinet. Together they had 12 children.