Life Summary - Eva Bacon - Obituaries Australia

Bacon, Eva (1909–1994)

	Bacon, Eva (1909–1994)
Born	1 October, 1909 Vienna , Austria
Died	23 July, 1994 (aged 84) Kangaroo Point, Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Austrian Czech Hungarian
Religious Influence	Atheist Jewish
Passenger Ship*	Largs Bay (1939) (passenger)
Occupation*	dressmaker (1939-1944) Queensland, Australia political activist (1940-1994) Queensland, Australia communist (1941-1994) Queensland, Australia homemaker (1944-1994) Queensland, Australia feminist (1950-1994) Queensland, Australia
Key Events*	Commission of Inquiry into the Status of Women (1973) (witness) International Women's Year Tribune, Mexico City (1975) (participant)
Legacies*	Bacon Street (Denman Prospect, Canberra) (eponym)
Key Organisations*	Women's Electoral Lobby (Brisbane) (member) Communist Party (Qld) (leader, 1941-1994) People for Nuclear Disarmament (Brisbane) (member, 1945-1994) Union of Australian Women (Brisbane) (member, 1950-1994) Union of Australian Women (Qld) (secretary, 1972-1980) Association of Relatives and Friends of the Mentally Ill (Qld) (member, 1980-1994)

* Dates are approximate