- Beatrice Faust
Beatrice Faust (born
Melbourne ,19 February 1939 ) Is anAustralia n author and women's activist. She was a co-founder of WEL (Women's Electoral Lobby ) and President of theAbortion Law Repeal Association of Victoria .Biography
Beatrice Faust was born Beatrice Fennessey in Glenhuntly, a suburb of Melbourne. Her mother died at birth and she was brought up by her father and three aunts. She attended
Melbourne University , where she became friends withGermaine Greer . Her first marriage was to Clive Faust during her time at University.She has one son, Stephen (b.1965) from a relationship with a Finnish academic Adam Murtonen.
She was one of the first women to argue for abortion law reform, sex education and civil liberties. [Adelaide (1988) p. 63] . She also contributed to the Australian edition of
The Little Red Schoolbook ["The Book that Shook the World", Film Australia, 3 November 2007,SBS Television ]She had a regular column for the "
Weekend Australian " during the late 80s and early 90s and was involved in a courtcase withJeff Kennett , the Victorian Premier, over a column she wrote. Fact|date=October 2007Bibliography
* "Women, Sex and Pornography", Penguin Books, Melbourne 1980, ISBN 0-14-070088-9
* "Benzo Junkie: More than a case history"Notes
References
*Adelaide, Debra (1988) "Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide", London, Pandora
External links
* [http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0021b.htm Beatrice Faust and WEL]
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NAME=Faust, Beatrice
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australia n author and women's activist
DATE OF BIRTH=19 February 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH=Melbourne ,Victoria, Australia
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