Beatrice Faust

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Beatrice Faust (born Melbourne, 19 February 1939) Is an Australian author and women's activist. She was a co-founder of WEL (Women's Electoral Lobby) and President of the Abortion Law Repeal Association of Victoria.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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 with Germaine 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.^[1]. She also contributed to the Australian edition of The Little Red Schoolbook^[2]

She had a regular column for the Weekend Australian during the late 80s and early 90s and was involved in a courtcase with Jeff Kennett, the Victorian Premier, over a column she wrote.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Bibliography

• Women, Sex and Pornography, Penguin Books, Melbourne 1980, ISBN 0-14-070088-9
• Benzo Junkie: More than a case history

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Adelaide, Debra (1988) Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide, London, Pandora

[edit] External links

• Beatrice Faust and WEL

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NAME	Faust, Beatrice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian author and women's activist
DATE OF BIRTH	19 February 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH