Ann Howard

Ann Howard (born 1942) is an Australian author and historian. She has written books on the history of the Australian Women's Army Service, including You'll Be Sorry! How World War II Changed Women's Lives. A resident of Dangar Island on the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, for over 50 years, Howard has also authored four books on the island's history. During World War II, she was evacuated with her mother to Eastbourne on the coast of Sussex, where her family remained after the war. She received a scholarship to Goldsmiths, University of London, intending to become a painter. Howard completed two masters degrees while working as a teacher, raising her three sons, and gradually restoring the heritage home. The women worked as clerks, cryptographers, transport drivers, despatch riders, and at coastal artillery installations.

The 2016 edition published by BigSky Publishing is an augmented version of two volumes Howard originally published in 1990,

C'mon Over Her book, C'mon Over: Voluntary Child Migrants from Tilbury to Sydney (2002), examined the lives of children who were sent from England to Australia under a child welfare scheme started by Dr Thomas Barnardo. including details about its social history. The Bush Telegraph Weekly said that Rainbow on the River and Other Dangar Tales "sheds light on previously unknown history of Dangar Island with many marvellous river tales." Environmental historian Paul Boon noted that "[Howard's] books collate an amusing collection of anecdotes and snippets of local history." Where Do We Go From Here? Compelling Postwar Experiences of Australian Ex-Servicewomen, 1945–1948 Women in Australia

Books on Dangar Island Rainbow on the River & Other Dangar Tales A Ghost, a Murder & Other Dangar Tales Coaches, Riverboats, and Railways (The Making of Australia)

Short works "The Old Country" in Haunted Encounters: Ghost Stories from Around the World