The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Eleanor Glencross was the second woman to stand for the Victorian Parliament. She unsuccessfully contested the seat of Brighton in 1928 as an Independent Nationalist. She had previously stood for the Federal seat of Henty in 1922 and in 1943 the seat of Martin. A former general secretary, chief speaker and organizer of the Australian Women’s National League in 1920 Glencross became president of the Housewives’ Association of Victoria. In 1923 she became president of the Federated Housewives Association of Australia. During World War II she was prominent in patriotic activities as a member of the State advisory committee of the Commonwealth prices commissioner, the council of the Lord Mayor’s Patriotic and War Fund and of the executive of the Women’s Voluntary National Register.

Events

• 2017

  Married grazier Andrew Glencross (d. 1930)

• 1920

  President of the Housewives’ Association of Victoria

• 1923

  President of the Federated Housewives’ Association of Australia

• 1918 - 1928

  Executive member of the National Council of Women of Victoria

• 1927 - 1928

  President of the National Council of Women of Victoria

• 1922

  Encouraged the formation of the Victorian Women Citizens’ Movement

• 1922

  Stood as an Independent for the Federal seat of Henty

• 1938

  Salaried chairwoman of directors of the Housewives’ Association of New South Wales

• 1928

  Stood as an Independent for the Victorian seat of Brighton

• 1943

  Stood as an Independent for the Federal seat of Martin

• 1923

  Served on the Victorian royal commission on the high cost of living

• 1927

  One of the first female justices of the peace appointed in Victoria

• 1931

  Joined the staff of the National Association of New South Wales

• 2028

  Appointed to the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board

• 2028

  Returned to Sydney

• 1928

  Presided at the only Melbourne Women’s Citizens’ Function to entertain the Duchess of York

• 1928

  One of three women members of the Council of British Empire Exhibition, Melbourne

• 1911 - 1912

  General secretary, chief speaker and organizer of the Australian Women’s National League

• 1912 - 1913

  Worked for the People’s Liberal Party

• 1913

  Returned to Sydney

• 1913

  Women’s organizer for the Liberal Association of New South Wales