Rich, Ruby (1888 - 1988)

Ruby Rich was a significant figure in the Australian women's movement in the interwar period. A concernt pianist in London and Sydney, she jwas an early president of the Australian Federation of Women Voters and joined the Feminist Club in Sydney in 1923. She was instrumental in the formation of the Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales in 1925. Over the next 50 years she was a member and office-holder in numerous feminist, family planning, peace, international and Jewish organisations.

Membership

• Feminist Club of New South Wales (1914 - )

  [1923 - ]

President

• Australian Federation of Women Voters (1921 - 1982)

Related Corporate Bodies

• The United Associations of Women (1929 - )

Related People

• Wilhelm, Eileen Vimy (1919 - 2004)

Book Sections

• Cohen, Lysbeth, 'Beginning with Esther: Some distinguished Jewish women of New South Wales', in Thompson, Patricia and Yorke, Susan (eds), Lives Obscurely Great: Historical Essays on Women of New South Wales, Society of Women Writers (Australia), NSW Branch, Sydney, 1980, pp. 156-165. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

• Cohen, Lysbeth, 'Not merely housewives. Australian Jewish Women. Paper presented to Australian Jewish Historical Society. Meeting (1980: Sydney)-', Journal of Proceedings (Australian Jewish Historical Society), vol. 9, 1981, pp. 8-24. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Papers of Ruby Rich (1888-1988)', 1999, http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/7493.html. [ Details... ]