Australian Women's Register

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne

Skip to content

Browse Entries

Cooper, Jessie Mary (1914 - 1993)

Born
1914
Died
1993
Occupation
Parliamentarian

Summary

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.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia

  • [Biographical cuttings on Jessie Cooper, Liberal MLC in SA], BIOG; National Library of Australia. Details
  • Jessie Cooper interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording], 1980, ORAL TRC 782; National Library of Australia. Details

State Library of South Australia

  • Liberal Party, S. A. Division : SUMMARY RECORD, 1900 - 1997, SRG 168 PART OUTSIZE 1,6; State Library of South Australia. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

See also

  • Fitzherbert, Margaret, Liberal women : Federation to 1949, Federation Press, Sydney, 2004, 305 pp. Details
  • Jenkins, Cathy, No ordinary lives: pioneering women in Australian politics, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2008, 207 pp. Details

Rosemary Francis

Created: 17 December 2008, Last modified: 25 February 2009

Site-wide information and acknowledgements

National Foundation for Australian Women The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre

http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE3984b.htm