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About Anne Summers
Anne Summers brings unparalleled authority and credibility to the subject of the position of women in Australia, the subject of her latest book The End of Equality.
She ran the federal Office of the Status of Women from 1983 to 1986 when Bob Hawke was Prime Minister and was an advisor on women's issue to Prime Minister Paul Keating prior to the 1993 federal election.
In 1987 in New York she became editor-in-chief of Ms. - America's landmark feminist magazine - and the following year, with business partner Sandra Yates bought Ms. and Sassy magazines in the second only women-led management buyout in US corporate history.
Anne was a leader of the generation and the movement that changed Australia for women. Her involvement in the women's movement has earned her community respect and has been honoured with Honorary Doctorates from both Flinders University (1994) and the University of New South Wales (2000).
In 1975 she became a journalist, first on the National Times, then becoming Canberra bureau chief for the Australian Financial Review and then the paper's North American editor. In 1975 her book Damned Whores and God's Police changed the way women were perceived in this country.
This bestseller has been continuously in print ever since. Her other books include Gamble for Power, an account of the 1983 federal elections, and Ducks on the Pond, her autobiography. Currently, she writes an opinion column for the Sydney Morning Herald.
In 1989 she was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for her services to journalism and to women. Anne is a dynamic speaker who addresses key issues facing Australia in the 21st century. She has inspired a generation of young people to think differently about their country, their work, their families and their futures.
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