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Julia Gillard to launch ‘My Story’ in Canberra

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YWCA Canberra has announced it will be hosting the Canberra launch of Julia Gillard’s biography, My Story on Monday 10 November.

Ms Gillard’s three years as Australia’s first female Prime Minister will be remembered as one of the most volatile and dramatic periods in Australia’s recent political history.

Her frank and personal memoir tells her story: what it was like to govern with a hung Parliament, face unrelenting hostility from the media, while staying true to her core values of creating an equitable and world-class education system, and ensuring a dignified future for Australians with disabilities.

“I was Prime Minister for three years and three days. Three years and three days of resilience. Three years and three days of changing the nation. Three years and three days for you to judge.” – Julia Gillard

YWCA Canberra Executive Director, Frances Crimmins, said she was honoured to be involved in the event.

“YWCA Canberra has fostered women’s leadership in the Canberra community since 1929, and so it’s a natural fit for us to be hosting this exciting event.

“As our first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard forged a path that many women, until that time, had thought was unobtainable. Despite the obstacles and hostility she faced, she remained true to her values and showed incredible resilience and grace under pressure.

“We think her experience is immensely important to share with local women and girls, so that they too recognise that the most high profile leadership roles are not beyond them.”

Hosted by YWCA Canberra, the book launch at the National Portrait Gallery will be an intimate event with Julia Gillard in conversation with Julie McKay, YWCA Canberra Board Director and Executive Director of UN Women Australia.

the essentials

When: 6:30 to 9pm Monday 10 November 2014
Where: National Portrait Gallery, Gordon Darling Hall & Terrace Rooms, King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT
How much: $90 member/$135 non-member
Book: Online through YWCA Canberra’s website at www.ywca-canberra.org.au

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