Woman Summers, Anne Fairhurst

Occupation
Femocrat and Journalist

Written by Caitlin Stone, The University of Melbourne

Anne Summers was born in 1945. In 1974, she helped to established Elsie Women's Refuge. Her first book, Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonization of Women in Australia, was published in 1975. From 1983 to 1986, Summers was head of the Office of the Status of Women.

Published Resources

Books

  • Summers, Anne, Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonization of Women in Australia, Penguin Books, Melbourne, Victoria, 1975. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • Reynolds, Anna, 'A passionate life', Courier Mail, 8 November 1999, p. 11. Details

Online Resources