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Hidden women of history: Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaigner

  • Written by Elaine Stratford, Professor, University of Tasmania
Elephants destined for Wirths' circus on a ship's deck circa 1925. Early last century, Frances Levvy asked school students to write an essay on whether the exhibition of wild animals in travelling menageries was consistent with humanity.By Sam Hood ca. 1925-ca. 1945, State Library of NSW

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