Women's Electoral Lobby Australia
INVITES YOU
To the Canberra launch of
WENDY MCCARTHY's autobiography
DON'T FENCE ME IN
At Parliament House, Canberra
-Committee Room 1R1-
(use Main Entrance)
On Tuesday, 11 April 2000 at 5.30pm
Hosted by Senator Helen Coonan, Jenny Macklin MP and Senator Aden Ridgeway
REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL TO GAIN ENTRY
Registrations to WEL Australia, PO Box 191, Civic Square ACT 2608
Phone: (02) 6247 6679 Fax: (02) 6247 4669
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Suggested donation $10.00
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Title Don't Fence Me In
Author Wendy McCarthy
Published April 7 2000
Imprint Random House
Price $24.95
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For more than three decades Wendy McCarthy has been at the leading edge of
feminism and public life in Australia. In this candid and fascinating
autobiography she takes us behind the scenes from her rural university
days, to women's rights campaigns of the 1970's, to the boardroom battles
in the ABC and her husband's seven year struggle with a life threatening
illness.
Born in 1941, Wendy grew up in Central West NSW, despairing as her witty,
charming father was destroyed by alcoholism. The 1950's offered escape to
university, and the happy discovery of sex and academic learning.
After adventuring and working in Britain and the US, Wendy and her husband
Gordon returned home to start their family and Wendy gradually became a
tireless and effective force in shaping Australian Society.
In the '70s, Wendy worked for the Family Planning Association, lobbied for
child care and abortion law reform, and assisted in the development of the
Women's Electoral Lobby, while bringing up 3 children.
In the '80s, she served as deputy chair of the ABC Board at a crucial time
in the organisation's history, and was General Manager of the Australian
Bicentennial Authority (ABA). In the '90s Wendy headed the National Trust
and the Australian Heritage Commission.
Honest, moving and thought provoking, it is the story of a woman of her
times.
Don't Fence Me In will be available in bookstores Friday
For further information please contact:
Benython Oldfield,
Random House Publicity,
(02) 8923 9836 / 0410 516658.
LL.AD
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