Oral history as an analytical tool: Eve Mahlab and the Australian Trailblazing Women Law Project

This article adds to a growing body of literature that aims correct the traditional lack attention role women lawyers who have exercised their power as active citizens by participating in legal reform and facilitating access social justice for all Australians. The paper highlights unique contribution gender equality one such woman, Eve Mahlab AO, through close examination her oral history, which was drawn from pilot stage project now comprises corpus over fifty interviews recorded with ‘trailblazing’ Australian lawyers. methodology adopted is innovative combining analysis discourse interview Mahlab. approach offers insights into those aspects personal professional biography most influenced enabled contributions public private spheres, allowing us publicly acknowledge record them. demonstrates how use history broadens deepens our understanding diverse forces shape political consciousness motivate feminist engagement civic activity.