International Women’s Day - a yearly reminder to recognise and celebrate the influential women in our lives and throughout history. On International Women’s Day 2021, I, along with some of the significant women in my life celebrated fearless females by attending the Gasworks production of “The Best, The Fairest and The First.” The theatre performance turned back the pages of Australian Sporting History to uncover some remarkable female sporting firsts, acknowledging that behind every Australian sportswoman, there’s an unsung heroine who blazed the trail. It was here I was inspired to write this piece and share what you could describe as the quiet, patient and sidelined history of women’s sport. One of the short stories on the night followed the life of Australian Cricketer Betty Wilson. Betty, known as Lady Bradman, was a player who challenges as one of the game’s best-ever all-rounders, claiming dominance at the highest level from 1948 to 1958. ‘Ashamed’ would be the word to d
