Aussie girl Lorna Hodgkinson was the first woman to earn a doctor of education degree from Harvard University in 1922. In Australia, she spoke up critically to an official enquiry about mismanagement in care for intellectually disabled children. The government minister set up another enquiry which trashed her reputation with false allegations. She left government service and thrived in the private sector. As Harry Houdini said of his own work: “My chief task has been to conquer fear."