Cooper, Jessie Mary (1914-1993)

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Parliamentarian
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-728095

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A member of the Liberal and Country League, Jessie Cooper was the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of South Australia in the Legislative Council in 1959 and served until her retirement in 1979.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. No ordinary lives: pioneering women in Australian politics
    Jenkins, Cathy
    [2008]
    Published: Australian Scholarly Publishing
  2. Liberal women : Federation to 1949
    Fitzherbert, Margaret
    [2004]
    Published: Federation Press
  3. National Library of Australia: [Biographical cuttings on Jessie Cooper, Liberal MLC in SA]
    BIOG
  4. National Library of Australia: Jessie Cooper interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording] (1980)
    1 sound cassette (ca. 43 min.) Jessie Cooper talks about her family; early life; education; first job; Dorothy Knox; her interest in politics; the Lyceum Club; her entry into politics; her fight to gain a position in the legislative council; what her job involves and her concern for prison reform.
    ORAL TRC 782
  5. State Library of South Australia: Liberal Party, S. A. Division : SUMMARY RECORD (1900 - 1997)
    Liberal Party records including the former Australian National League, Liberal Union, Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League, comprising minutes, subject files, electoral papers, membership lists, reports, press cuttings, posters, publications, films, videos, sound recordings and photographs together with records of the Liberal Club Ltd and of the Young Liberal Movement. Also includes minutes and financial records of the Eyre State Electoral Committee. A selection of 57 photographs from series 1/58 has been digitised and is available to see on the South Australiana Database; do a NUMBER search on SRG 168/1/58/2-100
    SRG 168 PART OUTSIZE 1,6

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  1. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.
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    ... PROJECTED DEPARTURES. THIS DAY-Ocean, for Guam ; Mary Ray, for Callso Destruzione, Dettru- j -lone, for Port Cooper, via Newcastle ; Jessie Byrne, for San Francisco; Francisco ; Julia Ann, for San Francisco, via Newcastle. ... 35 words
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  2. LETTERS RECEIVED.
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