In 1973 Elizabeth Reid became the first ever women’s adviser to a national leader, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. She went on to have a distinguished and influential career at the UN.
To mark International Women's Year, Elizabeth organised the Women and Politics Conference which brought 700 women to Canberra from across the country. It would play a key role in her and the Prime Minister's dismissal.
Sunday Brunch’s Kim Huynh caught up with Elizabeth who starts off by explaining why it was such a big deal for her to be appointed as women’s adviser.
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