Fanny Furner

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Fanny Furner (1864 - 1938) was very active working towards the Rights of Women and Children in the early 1900's in Sydney, Fanny was one of the first female JPs in New South Wales (NSW Govt Gazette 16 August 1922) and along with fellow member of the Theosophical Society, Mrs AV Roberts, the first women to stand for election in local government - Mrs Roberts in North Shore, Fanny in Manly.

From the Manly Daily 19 September 1987:

FANNY SET PRECEDENT. Next week eight women will seek election, following a precedent set 65 years ago when Fanny Furner announced her canditature as the first woman to stand [for Manly Council]. She was unsuccessful but pleaded the cause of a female voice to be heard on the council. Fanny believed women should have a say in municipal affairs relating to "public health, housing, pure foods, roads, sanitation and liquor laws, amusements and children's interests.

Fanny was instrumental in setting up a Memorial at the gates at the Wharves in Woolloomooloo to commemorate the place from where most of the men embarked for the First World War.

She was also instrumental in getting the Children's Playground near the wharf at Manly built (opposite the police station). She had many articles in The Manly Daily on civic and social matters and was friendly with the editor and owner. However the paper was burnt out in 1959 and there are no copies at the State Library held before that date. She was responsible for the Home MIssion Society Bins being placed at the Manly Wharves.

Her tombstone in the Catholic section of Manly cemetery sums it all up: FANNY FURNER JP

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