Less than 4 per cent of statues in Australia are of real Australian women. And sure, it's just a bit of brass, but the people we literally put on a pedestal matter.

They matter because it's their stories we choose to remember, valorise, and keep alive.

One woman has chosen to bring those women to life not in statues but in stories, through walking tours across the country and a new series of talks at the National Library of Australia.