Career
She attended Sydney Girls High School, and joined the Australian Labor Party in 1963. In that year she became the first woman appointed to Sydney County Council, and served as chairperson from 1966 to 1970. She was active in the women"s movement within the Labor Party, and was ultimately elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1973.
She became the first woman to serve as Government Whip in 1976.
Anderson died in 1996 in Sydney.