• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE3665

Bear-Crawford, Annette Ellen

  • Birth name Bear, Annette Ellen
(1853 – 1899)
  • Occupation Feminist

Summary

Annette Bear-Crawford was born in Collingwood, Melbourne but trained in social work in England. There she became involved in the women’s movement and the National Vigilance Committee. She returned to Melbourne in 1890 and became a leading figure in the women’s movement in Australia, joining the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and forming the Victorian Women’s Suffrage League.

Events

  • 2008

    Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women

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