• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE1127

Morgan, Eliza Elsie

  • Also known as Morgan, Elsie
    Birth name Burchell, Eliza Elsie
( – 1957)
  • Died 1957, Victoria Australia
  • Occupation Women's rights activist

Summary

Elsie Morgan, wife of Theodore Herbert Morgan, a prominent member of the Australian Labor Party, was elected to the Sugar Board of Inquiry in 1930-1931 as the representative for Western Australia. At that time, she was the founder of the Housewives Association of W.A., President of the Consumers’ Vigilance Committee, and a member of the Executive of the Women’s Service Guild.

Archival resources

  • State Library of Western Australia
    • Papers, 1876-1985 [manuscript]

Published resources

Related entries


  • Member
    • Women's Service Guilds of Western Australia (1909 - 1997)
  • Founder
    • West Australian Housewives' Association (1920 - 1984)