Nurse, journalist, mother: Helena Cass is a figure for our time | Paul Daley

The State Library of Victoria has launched a public appeal to curate a collection about the life of Helena Cass

Helena Cass, a Canadian-born Australian wartime nurse and Melbourne socialite who turned to journalism after her career soldier husband died, was a woman ahead of her time.

Cass died in Melbourne more than half a century ago at the end of a long life that, while remarkable for its cultivated eclecticism, inquisitiveness and daunting energy, has slipped largely from public memory.

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