# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-child
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:25:27.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-child"
name: "Joan Child"
slug: "joan-child"
description: "Gloria Joan Liles Child, was an Australian politician. She was the first woman to be Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. Up until the election of Anna Burke on 9 October 2012, she was the only female Speaker of the lower house. She was also the last Speaker to serve in the Old Parliament House, as the newly constructed Parliament House still in use today opened in 1988, under her Speakership."
tagline: "Australian politician (1921-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Speaker_Joan_Child.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1921-08-03"
deathDate: "2013-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.280274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Child"
    title: "Joan Child"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "چوان كيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Child"
    title: "Joan Child"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84%DA%88"
    title: "جان چائلڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Child"
    title: "Joan Child"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Child"
    title: "Joan Child"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6204942"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump