Annie Cohen (15 November 1861 – 12 April 1939) was an Australian community and charity worker at Berry Street community service organisation and charity in Victoria.[1][2][3][4][5] She went to Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne in 1879.[3][4][5] Her father Edward Aaron Cohen was a politician and mayor of Melbourne. She married Montague Cohen in 1881.[1][3][4][5] Annie and Montague had only one child, politician Harold Edward Cohen.[5]
Memberships edit
Cohen was a committee member, treasurer, and president at the Victorian Infant Asylum; Vice President of Melbourne Jewish Women's Guild; and Committee member of Melbourne District Nursing Society.[3][4][5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Cohen, Annie (1861–1939)". Obituaries Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2019. Obituary originally published in The Argus (Melbourne), 13 April 1939, p 3
- ^ Berry Street 140 Years: Restoring Trust and Hope (PDF).
- ^ a b c d "Cohen - beginnings in Australia". meta-studies.net. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d Falk, Barbara, "Cohen, Montague (1855–1931)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 20 March 2019
- ^ a b c d e Henry Cohen (PDF).
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