What's On - Sydney
Remembering Helen Leonard - Feminist Leader, Networker Extraordinaire
Helen Leonard, lobbyist and photographer, documented the activities of many women’s organisations from the 1970s until her sudden death in 2001. Helen was actively involved with numerous women’s groups such as Women’s Electoral Lobby, Nursing Mothers‘Association and the National Women’s Media Centre. She also helped in the creation of Women's History Month which is celebrated in March each year.
To celebrate HISTORY WEEK Jessie Street National Women’s Library is hosting a panel discussion to be held at the Library, moderated by Library and WEL activist Jozefa Sobski.
Panellists Anne Deveson, Jean Gledhill, Gael Walker and Eva Cox will discuss Helen Leonard’s life, philosophy and amazing achievements.
There will also be an opportunity to view some of Helen’s photography, and to help identify participants in International Women’s Day marches, WEL conferences and many other activities of women over the years.
When:
Wednesday 8 September 2010 - 5.30-7.00pm
Where:
Jessie Street National Women’s Library
Ultimo Community Centre, 523-525 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007
Contact:
Phone: 9571 5359
Email: info@nationalwomenslibrary.org.au
Contact Person: Beverley Sodbinow
Cost:
Gold Coin Donation. Bookings essential
21st Birthday Fundraising Luncheon
Guest Speaker: Ann Sherry
“From Country Queensland to the Bridge of a Cruise Shipping Business: One Woman's Journey”Ann is currently CEO with Carnival Australia, the largest cruise ship operator in Australasia. In the 1990s Ann headed the Office for the Status of Women, advising the Prime Minister on policies and programs. Joining Westpac, she became the first woman CEO in the banking business in Australia and New Zealand, and Westpac has fared well in the global financial crisis compared to other banks. Her numerous awards include the Centenary Medal from the Australian Government for her work in providing banking services to disadvantaged communities, the Order of Australia and her 2009 nomination as one of the Top 15 Women in Business in the world.
We hope you and your friends will be able to join us at the Luncheon.
Venue:
Strangers Dining Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Date and Time:
Monday 20 September 2010, 11.45 am for 12.30 pm start
Entry:
$90 per person ($85 for members of JSNWL)
Bookings:
RSVP Monday 13th September 2010 (Early bookings advised)
Download booking form.
Sydney Lunch Hour Talks
Venue: Southern Function Room, 4th Floor Town Hall House, 456 Kent St
Entry: $22 non-members, $16 members. Pay at the door. Sandwich lunch provided.
Please book by noon on the Tuesday before (02 95715359)
19 August 12-1.30pm– Anne Henderson
Enid Lyons: An Independent Woman
Anne talks about Enid Lyons' remarkable life. As she says: 'Enid Lyons defies conventional feminist stereotypes. A mother of twelve and faithful companion to her husband, she nevertheless made history as a pioneer of women in Australian public life.'
Anne is not only Deputy Director of The Sydney Institute, but is also the author of an impressive number of non-fiction publications. In 2008 she published a biography of Enid Lyons.
21 October 12-1.30pm – Zeny Giles (Zenovia Doratis)
Love and Marriage?
Zeny is the daughter of Greek migrants, born in Sydney in 1937. She is a novelist, prizewinning short story writer, playwright, and she worked with the composer Michael Atherton to write the text of Inside the Storm. Zeny is a great enthusiast for the Hunter Valley where she has lived for most of her life, and an active member of Catchfire Press, a local cooperative, planning to launch its twelfth book in 2011.
Her latest novel, Wedding Dance, takes a quirky look at the problems surrounding both arranged and love marriages. Beginning boldly with a photograph of her own parent's wedding, Zeny walks a precarious path between fact and fiction.
18 November 12-1:30pm – Babette Smith
Out of Sight - the civic legacy of the convict era.
"The reality and strongly developed ethos of a flourishing convict society is neither remembered nor understood. Its people have been reduced to caricature. They are 'Out of Sight', taking with them knowledge of our civic heritage from the transportation era."
Babette Smith is a freelance historian and author of Australia's Birthstain and A Cargo of Women. In addition to her non-fiction work, she wrote a novel based on A Cargo of Women.