• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4414

Faust, Beatrice Eileen

  • AO, Centenary Medal
  • Maiden name Fennessy, Beatrice Eileen
(1939 – 2019)
  • Born 19 February 1939, Glenhuntly, Victoria, Australia
  • Died 30 October 2019, Churchill, Victoria, Australia
  • Occupation Women's rights activist, Writer

Summary

A founding member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby in 1972, Beatrice Faust was an activist for women’s rights, particularly in relation to abortion law reform. She served as president of the Victorian Abortion Law Repeal Association in 1966. She co-founded the Victorian Union of Civil Liberties in 1965 and has lobbied for relaxation on censorship laws as well as on issues of equal opportunity for women. In 2001 she was awarded a Centenary Medal ‘for service to the community through women’s issues and in 2004 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia ‘for service to the community in the areas of social, political and employment reform and through provoking debate and raising public awareness of issues affecting women’s rights’.

Events

  • 2001

    Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women

Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia
    • [Biographical cuttings on Beatrice Faust, co-founder of the Victorian Council of Civil Liberties, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
  • Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    • Julia Trubridge-Freebury further papers, 1960s-2004

Published resources

  • Resource
  • Book
    • Women, sex and pornography, Faust, Beatrice, 1981
  • Edited Book
    • Australian Feminism: A Companion, Caine, Barbara, Gatens, Moira et al., 1998

Related entries


  • Founded
    • Women's Electoral Lobby Australia (1972 - )
  • Member
    • Women's Electoral Lobby Victoria Inc. (1972 - )
  • Related Organisations
    • Women's Electoral Lobby New South Wales (1972 - )

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