The Women Were There authoritatively tells of the lives of women who enlivened Australia's past. Some, like Elizabeth McCarthur and Mary Reibey, are well-known; others less so. All have powerful stories to tell - contributions to be permanently recorded. Chapters: Esther Abrahams, Jane Dundas, Elizabeth Macarthur, Anna Josepha King, Mary Reiby, Margaret Catchpole, Sarah Bird, Sarah Thornton, Louisa Ann Meridith, Fanny Macleay, Annabella Boswell, Elizabeth Anne Tripp, Lola Montez, Jane Franklin, Georgiana Molloy, the Bussell women, Rachel Henning, Janet Templeton, Mary McConnel and Harriet Daly.