- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4446
Ahern, Elizabeth (Lizzie)
(1877 – 1969)- Nationality Australian
- Born 19 October, 1877, Ballarat Victoria Australia
- Died 7 April, 1969, Albert Park Victoria Australia
- Occupation Political activist
Summary
Lizzie Ahern was an early member of the Abbotsford branch of the Political Labour Council of Victoria, joining in about 1904, and the Victorian Socialist Party. She became well-known for her speeches on the Yarra Bank. She served on the Executive Committee of the Victorian Socialist Party in 1906-08, 1910 and 1917-18. She resigned from the Political Labour Council late in 1907, but rejoined in 1916, after spending time in Broken Hill and Adelaide. She was an active trade unionist and secretary of the Women’s Anti-conscription committee in 1916. In addition she was a delegate to the Labor Women’s Central Organising Committee from 1916 until 1934.
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Ahern, Elizabeth (1877-1969), Hewitt, Geoff, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070019b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: Ahern, Elizabeth (18771019-19690407), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462737