Webster, Eliza Martha

Entry type: Person
Entry ID: AWE3761

Maiden name Turner, Martha

(1839 – 1915)

Occupation Preacher, Suffragist

Summary

Martha Webster came to Australia to assist her brother, Henry Gyles Turner, in his role as a leading member of the Melbourne Unitarian Church. She was herself elected a regular minister in October 1873. In May 1884, Webster was present at the meeting which resolved to form the Victorian Women’s Suffrage Society, and she became active in the Australian Women’s Suffrage Society in later years.

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Edited Book
- 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Radi, Heather, 1988
Resource
- Trove: Webster, Eliza Martha (1839-1915), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-758086

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