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Moss, Alice Frances Mabel (1868 - 1948)

CBE

Born
24 April 1868
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died
18 July 1948
Occupation
Welfare worker
Alternative Names
  • Wilson, Alice Frances Mabel (maiden name, 24 April 1868 - 10 March 1887)

Summary

Over the course of her life Alice Moss worked with a number of women's organisations, as well as various education, child welfare and Red Cross societies. Educated at Presbyterian Ladies College, Melbourne, she married I H Moss in 1887 (deceased 1938) and they had two daughters. In 1914 she relinquished her position as vice-president of the Australian Women's National League to become the only female member of the Victorian recruiting committee for the Armed Services. Later she became the only woman member of the Victorian Centenary Celebrations executive committee (1933-1934). At the same time she was president of the Women's Centenary Council of Victoria as well as being the first president of the National Council of Women (1931-1936). On 4 June 1934 she was appointed Commander of the British Empire.

Details

Events

10 March 1887
Married I H Moss
1906
Member of the Board of Management City Newsboys' Society
1927
Alternate Delegate to the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva
1927
Member of the Executive for the League of Nations Union in Paris
1927
Australian delegate to the first Women's Peace Study Conference in Amsterdam
1927
Australian delegate to the first World Population Conference in Geneva
1927
Accredited delegate to the Conference of International Council of Women in Geneva
1928
Vice-President of the League of Nations Union of Victoria
1928 - 1938
President of the National Council of Woman of Victoria
1930
Victorian delegate to the Congress of the International Council of Women in Vienna
1930
Accredited delegate for the Conference on Nationality of Married Women at The Hague
1931 - 1936
1st President of the National Council of Women of Australia
1933 - 1934
Member of the Victorian Centenary Celebrations Council and Executive Committee
1933 - 1934
President of the Women's Centenary Council of Victoria
1936 - 1945
Appointed by the Commonwealth Government as a Lay Member to the National Health and Medical Research Council

Sources used to compile this entry: Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1944, 12 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp.

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia

  • National Council of Women of Victoria Minutes, 1904 - 1960, Mfm G 7541-7544; National Library of Australia. Details

Private Hands (contact Australian Women's Archive Project)

  • National Council of Women of Victoria, 1902 - ; National Council of Women of Victoria (1902 - ); Private Hands (contact Australian Women's Archive Project). Details

Anne Heywood

Site-wide information and acknowledgements

National Foundation for Australian Women The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre

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