, ▁these ▁three ▁were ▁known ▁as ▁" the ▁tri um vir ate ". ▁Besides ▁these ▁two , ▁her ▁literary ▁associ ates ▁included ▁V ance ▁and ▁N ett ie ▁Pal mer , ▁Kath ar ine ▁Sus ann ah ▁Pr ich ard , ▁Jud ah ▁W aten ▁and ▁Tom ▁Ingl is ▁Moore . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁well ▁recogn ised ▁that ▁during ▁the ▁inter war ▁years ▁in ▁Australia ▁" w omen ▁represented ▁a ▁significant ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁writing ▁community ", ▁that , ▁in ▁fact , ▁this ▁concentration ▁" could ▁be ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁distingu ishing ▁features ▁of ▁the ▁then ▁Australian ▁literary ▁landscape ". ▁Women , ▁including ▁E ld ers h aw , ▁were ▁significant ▁in ▁the ▁review ing ▁community , ▁held ▁office ▁in ▁major ▁literary ▁soci eties , ▁jud ged ▁literary ▁compet itions ▁and ▁edited ▁anth ologies . ▁ ▁E ld ers h aw ▁act ively ▁promoted ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁writers ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁helped ▁persu ade ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁Liter ary ▁Fund ▁( CL F ) ▁to ▁include ▁gr ants ▁and ▁p ensions ▁for ▁writers , ▁and ▁fund ing ▁for ▁university ▁lect ures ▁on ▁Australian ▁literature . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁CL F ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 3 . ▁In ▁much ▁of ▁this ▁more ▁political , ▁advoc acy ▁work ▁she ▁was ▁often ▁the ▁only ▁woman ▁present . ▁She ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁Australian ▁polit icians ▁like ▁H . ▁V . ▁Ev att , ▁Ben ▁Ch if ley ▁and ▁Robert ▁M