page_title: Jessie Street National Women's Library
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jessie Street National Women's Library / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Exterior view of the Jessie Street National Women's Library in Ultimo, NSW. View is taken from street level of the 1st floor windows (2nd floor in US usage), showing the library's name.
context_page_description: The Jessie Street National Women's Library is a specialist library that collects, preserves, and promotes the awareness of the literary and cultural heritage of Australian women.
context_section_description: In response to the difficulty of locating material about the experiences and issues relating to women in Australia, Shirley Jones and Lenore Coltheart developed the concept of a women's library. The objectives of the Library are "to heighten awareness of women's issues; to preserve documents on women's lives and activities; to support the field of women's history and to highlight women's contribution to this country's development."  A committee was established and the Jessie Street Women's Library Association held an inaugural Annual General Meeting in August 1989
  The Library's patrons include Jessie Street's son Sir Laurence Street, the Hon Elizabeth Evatt AC, and poets, Judith Wright and Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
  The Library is currently staffed by volunteers and located in the Ultimo Community Centre, a venue provided by the City of Sydney Council.
caption: Exterior view of Jessie Street National Women's Library
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