Jessie Street National Women's Library
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Library |
| Established | 1989 |
| Location | Ultimo Community Centre, 523-525 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, oral histories, sound and music recordings, archives, photographs, pamphlets and posters |
| Size | 10,000 books 132 archive collections |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open to the public for research and the lending collection is available to financial members. |
| Website | Jessie Street National Women's Library |
The Jessie Street National Women's Library is a library which has books, music, photographs, and more about women's history in Australia. It is located in the city of Ultimo in New South Wales. It was founded in 1989 so that it would be easier to find books and sources about women, as sources about women's history are harder to find than other types of history.[1][2] It is named after Jessie Street, an Australian suffragette. People who donated money to start the library, called patrons, are Laurence Street, who is Jessie Street's son, Elizabeth Evatt, Judith Wright, and Oodgeroo Noonuccal. The library has a collection of books, papers, writings, recordings, and more, related to women's organizations, famous Australian women, and more.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Lake, Marilyn (1996). "Feminist history as national history: Writing the political history of women∗". Australian Historical Studies. 27 (106): 154–169. doi:10.1080/10314619608596005.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jessie Street National Women's Library". Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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