TY - ADVS TI - Jessie Street: a revised autobiography T2 - Jessie Street National Women's Library Book Launches U1 - 305.42092 21 KW - Coltheart, Lenore. KW - McKew, Maxine. KW - Evatt, Elizabeth, KW - Street, Jessie, KW - Jones, Shirley. KW - Jessie Street National Women's Library Book Launch KW - 9th March 2004 KW - Women KW - Australia KW - Biography KW - Women's rights KW - History KW - International agencies KW - Feminism KW - Politics and Government KW - 20th century N1 - Title on cover: JSNWL Book Launch - Lenore Coltheart / Sydney Town Hall, 09/03/2004; The original book was published in Sydney, by the Australasian Book Society, 1966. This revised edition published in Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press; 2004; A full transcript of the book launch is located in the transcripts filing cabinet in the library; Speakers : Elizabeth Evatt, Lenore Coltheart and Maxine McKew; M.C.: Shirley Jones N2 - Nearly 200 people gathered at the Sydney Town Hall for the launch of "Jessie Street: a revised autobiography". Elizabeth Evatt, who is patron of the library, launched the book. She gave a very interesting talk about the links between the Evatt Family and Jessie. Then Lenore Coltheart spoke about the need to re-publish Jessie's autobiography, "Truth or repose". The final speaker was Maxine McKew, who spoke on the theme "where are the women in politics today?" ER -