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Agents of women's suffrage
![Final year Bachelor of Social Sciences student Courtney Eckert](/lumen/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/Courtney%20Hero.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=Twf2W5ir)
With the University of Adelaide in its infancy and the suffrage movement brewing, women’s education and voting rights walked hand-in-hand in late-19th century South Australia.
Masters of their universe
![Andrea Mason](/lumen/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/Andrea%20Mason%20hero.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=r4-7rve4)
Andrea Mason OAM, the community leader giving Aboriginal people a voice at the policy table.
A curious mind
![Sandy Verschoor](/lumen/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/Sandy%20Verschoor%20Hero.jpg?h=99398ec6&itok=LOEEhzPa)
Our Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor’s creative approach to breathing new life into the city.
On Dit: Then and Now
![Photo of Imogen Hindson, current editor of On Dit, in a cafe in Adelaide](/lumen/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/Imogen%20On%20Dit%20hero.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=2FBfbSPh)
The student voice lives on strong and proud through Australia’s third oldest student publication On Dit.
The art of reinvention
![Joanna Dudley, internationally acclaimed Adelaide singer](/lumen/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/Joanna%20Dudley%20hero.jpg?h=fcc71de1&itok=v6JX8cn1)
Joanna Dudley, the fierce, feminine performer pushing boundaries every time she hits the stage.
Dr Yu makes X her mark
![Dr Sui Yu](/lumen/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-12/Sui%20Yu%20hero.jpg?h=60ada73f&itok=IjxEnhOZ)
Dr Sui Yu on escaping Mao’s Cultural Revolution to pioneer her own in genetic pathology.