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.
