Summers, Anne (1945-)

Also known as
Summers, Anne Fairhurst (1945-)
Field of activity
Journalist, Print Journalist, Writer, Feminist and Historian
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35672199
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-553824

Biographies

An active feminist of the 1970s, who worked as a political adviser to Prime Minister, Mr Paul Keating. From 1983 to 1986 she was First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Status of Women, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Summers was a co-founder of the women's studies journal Refractory Girl and of a number of books including Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonization of Women in Australia. Summers is a former editor of Good Weekend who regularly writes an opinion column for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She is a winner of the Walkley Award for journalism and in 1989 became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to journalism and to womens affairs.

  • c. 1970 - 1990 Career in journalism active
  • 1976 Walkley Award (Print) - Best Newspaper Feature Story, The National Times Sydney

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Australian Women's Register

Resources for Anne Summers

Selected resources (19)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Children in AustraliaThe Challenge of Kids' TV 14 : Children in Australia
    Factor, June; Summers, Anne
    [c1985]
    Published: Australian Children's Television Foundation
  2. Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonization of Women in Australia
    Summers, Anne
    [1975]
    Published: Penguin Books
  3. Her Story, Australian Women in Print 1788-1975
    Bettison, Margaret and Summers, Anne (compiled by); Roberts, Anne (photograpgy by)
    [1980]
    Published: Hale & Iremonger
  4. Ducks on the Pond: An Autobiography 1945-1976
    Summers, Anne; Park Ruth (foreword by)
    [1999]
    Published: Viking
  5. The Curse of the Lucky CountryDonald Horne Lecture 32 : The Curse of the Lucky Country
    Summers, Anne
    [1991]
  6. Not a Bedroom War
    [c1993]
    Published: Anne Deveson Productions
  7. [Conversation with Anne Summers]
    Summers, Anne
    [1975]
  8. Gamble for Power: How Bob Hawke beat Malcolm Fraser: the 1983 Federal Election
    Summers, Anne; Cook, Patrick (cartoons by)
    [1983]
    Published: T. Nelson Australia
  9. Kay Daniels : writer, historian, scholar and bureaucratAge Today 7 : Kay Daniels : writer, historian, scholar and bureaucrat
    Summers, Anne
    [2001]
  10. Memorable SummersFeatures and Arts Sydney Morning Herald : Memorable Summers
    Summers, Anne
    [1999]
    Series: http://www.smh.com.au/news/9911/01/features/features1.html
  11. Back to the Future: Urgent Issues for Men and Women of Australia. 1997 ACTU Whitlam Lecture Series Wednesday 25 June 1997lun@techs 1 : Back to the Future: Urgent Issues for Men and Women of Australia. 1997 ACTU Whitlam Lecture Series Wednesday 25 June 1997
    Summers, Anne
    [1998]
    Published: lun@techs
    Series: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dukest/annesumm.htm
  12. The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2008]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html
  13. Australian women writers : a bibliographic guide
    Adelaide, Debra
    [1988]
    Published: Pandora Press
  14. Who's who in Australia 2002
    Herd, Margaret
    [2002]
    Published: Crown Content
  15. Uphill all the way
    Daniels, Kay
    [1980]
    Published: University of Queensland Press
  16. Feminist Fighter
    Rayner, Moira
    Series: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/FebMarch00/ray.html
  17. The Literary Luncheon Series
    Published: The Sydney Morning Herald
    Series: http://www.smh.com.au/news/literarylunches/trio.html
  18. National Library of Australia: Interview with Anne Summers discusses Keith Looby, artist (sound recording), interviewer: Humphrey McQueen (11 September 1982)
    1 analog sound tape reel and 20 page transcript. Summers speaks about the first time she met the artist Keith Looby; her reaction to the suggestion that he paint her portrait; she describes Looby's technique to painting her portrait using photographs and sketches that he made of her; she describes what the portrait looked like in the early stages and how it changed each session; her opinion as to why Looby painted McGuinness in the background of the painting; discusses certain aspects of Looby's works e.g. Looby using dolls as symbols in his work and also his habit of using ambiguous titles for his paintings.
    ORAL TRC 1200
  19. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Summers, Anne, papers [manuscript] 1967-1993 (1967 - 1993)
    Manuscripts, typescript drafts, galley proofs, draft notes and correspondence concerning writing and publication of "Damned whores and God's police". Correspondents include Henry Mayer, Melanie Beresford, Ann Curthoys and staff of Penguin Books. There is also a cutting book containing press cuttings about Summers and "Damned whores and God's police". Files of research notes, cuttings and correspondence on a wide range of topics including women and poverty, single parents, family, Caroline Chisholm, child care, aborigines, rape reform proposals, suicide, women unionists, education, prostitution, racism, Womens' Electoral Lobby, Adela Pankhurst Walsh, women and the media. There is also material relating to "Refractory girl" and the publication of "Her story: Australian women in print 1788-1975". Also included: papers and material relating to "Gamble for power"; papers relating to the free Sandra Willson campaign, "Ms" and "Sassy" magazines, and various papers relating to women's issues. An addition of one box has been received and is unavailable until processed.
    MS 7073

Resources by Anne Summers (36)

  1. Ducks on the pond : an autobiography 1945-1976 / Anne Summers ; foreword by Ruth Park
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Book : 1999-2000 ]
    At 108 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 57.847)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 57.847)

  2. The lost mother : a story of art and love / Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Audio book, Book : 2009-2010 ]
    At 105 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 46.272)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 46.272)

  3. Anne Summers [home page]
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Periodical, Archived website : 1900-2011 ]
    View online
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 37.197)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 37.197)

  4. News from the front : an opportunity to discuss the status of women from an Australian perspective / hosted by Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Periodical, Archived website : 2000-2011 ]
    View online
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 36.468)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 36.468)

  5. Damned whores and God's police [Anne Summers]
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Book : 1982-2002 ]
    At 160 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 34.928)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 34.928)

  6. The end of equality : work, babies and women's choices in 21st century Australia / Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Book : 2003 ]
    At 165 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 28.926)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 28.926)

  7. Damned whores and God's police : the colonization of women in Australia / Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Book : 1975-1985 ]
    At 105 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.788)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.788)

  8. On luck / Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Book : 2008 ]
    At 38 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.509)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.509)

  9. Gamble for power : how Bob Hawke beat Malcolm Fraser : the 1983 federal election / Anne Summers ; with cartoons by Patrick Cook
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Book : 1983 ]
    At 55 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.306)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.306)

  10. Papers of Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Unpublished : 1967-2000 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.271)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.271)

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Resources about Anne Summers (21)

  1. Ducks on the pond : an autobiography 1945-1976 / Anne Summers ; foreword by Ruth Park
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Book : 1999-2000 ]
    At 108 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 57.115)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 57.115)

  2. The lost mother : a story of art and love / Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Audio book, Book : 2009-2010 ]
    At 105 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 45.184)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 45.184)

  3. Anne Summers [home page]
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Periodical, Archived website : 1900-2011 ]
    View online
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 35.551)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 35.551)

  4. News from the front : an opportunity to discuss the status of women from an Australian perspective / hosted by Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Periodical, Archived website : 2000-2011 ]
    View online
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 34.822)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 34.822)

  5. Papers of Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Unpublished : 1967-2000 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.794)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.794)

  6. Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Sound : 1982 ]
    At UQ Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.988)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.988)

  7. Anne Summers interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Sound : 1975 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.058)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.058)

  8. Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Video : 1993 ]
    At UQ Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.962)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.962)

  9. [Biographical cuttings on Anne Summers, author, editor and public servant, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.211)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.211)

  10. Anne Summers interviewed by Humphrey McQueen
    Summers, Anne, 1945-
    [ Sound : 1982 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.103)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.103)

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    Streff, Fredrick M.
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    Frank, Anne, 1929-1945
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    Mitchell, Susan, 1945-
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    Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942
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  3. Angels and citizens : British women as military nurses, 1854-1914 / Anne Summers
    Summers, Anne, 1944-
    [ Book : 1988-2000 ]
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  1. Persuasion / Jane Austen
    Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
    [ Book, Audio book, Article : 1817-2011 ]
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    [ Unpublished : 1969-1970 ]
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  3. Papers of Bob Ellis
    Ellis, Bob, 1942-
    [ Unpublished : 1950-2000 ]
    At National Library
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  1. Website: Anne Summers
    www.annesummers.com.au
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  2. Website: News from the front (Anne Summers' blog)
    annesummers.blogspot.com
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  3. Website: Focus: Photography and War 1945-2006
    blog.awm.gov.au
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  2. The Sydney Papers
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    [ Periodical : 1989-2012 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.326)

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  1. PROBATES GRANTED
    The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956) Thursday 21 August 1947 p 29 Article
    ... P, £103. BAQLEY, Richard, Kingaroy, re tired farmer, December 23, 1945: Jemima Bagle'y, Kingaroy, ... Australia Ltd, Brie bant. P, £36,656. SUMMERS, Alfred, Wilson Val ley, Qooroolba, farmer, May 28, I 1943; Clara F. Summers, Wilion Valley, widow. RAP, £3086. ORUMPTON, Nancy, BenHrMn, widow, November ... 447 words
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  2. Family Notices
    Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) Sunday 25 July 1948 Section: The Sunday Times Sporting Section p 6 Family Notices
    ... sway on July 23, , 1836. Never forgotten. Inserted by his ] loving wife and children. 1 SUMMERS.-In sacred memory of ! our beloved twin daughters Judith , Anne, who passed away Jul}1 °28, 1846 and ... DAGLEIBH.-In loving-, memory ol our brothers, killed In action. Eric Joly 12, v 1945 Bill July 27, ... 336 words
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  3. Family Notices
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    ... youngest son of Mr and Mrs. A. Allen of 8 Coolamon Street, Sunshine. SUMMERS - WEIR - The en gagement is announced of I1 ma Veronica, second daughter of Mrs T. Summers, and the late Mr T. Summers, 135 Mor ... thanks to relatives and friends for their express ions of sympathy in the death of their sister Anne ... 523 words
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