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Birthday
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Death day
June 9, 1932 (70 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Leo
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Celebrities born on August 2
Born in 1861
Born in Geraldton, Australia
Leo named Edith
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First name Edith
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan is an Australian social reformer who works for the rights and well-being of women and children. She is best known as the first Australian woman to sit in parliament. Cowan has been printed on the back of a 50 Australian dollar note since 1995. Cowan was born at Glengarry Station near Geraldton, Western Australia. She is the granddaughter of two of the colony's early settlers, Thomas Brown and John Wittenoom. Cowan's mother died at the age of seven, then she was sent to boarding school in Perth. At the age of 15, her father, Kenneth Brown, was executed for the murder of his stepmother, leaving her an orphan. She then lived with her grandmother in Guildford, Western Australia, until her marriage at the age of 18. She and her husband would have five children together, dividing their time between homes in West Perth and Cottesloe.
BornEdith Dircksey Brown, 2 August 1861, Glengarry station, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Died9 June 1932 (aged 70), Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Resting placeKarrakatta Cemetery
Political partyNationalist
Preceded byThomas Draper
Succeeded byThomas Davy

About Edith Cowan

Politician Edith Cowan was born on August 2, 1861 in Geraldton, Australia (She dies at the age of 70, on June 9, 1932).

From 1921 until 1924, he was a member of the Western Australian Parliament as a nationalist. She was recognized for being an outspoken supporter of women's health and the welfare of marginalized people.

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Edith Cowan before becoming famous

Edith Cowan was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1861 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

After attending a Perth boarding school as a teenager, she moved in with her grandma.

Achievement of Edith Cowan

She was a member of the Freemasons, and her likeness may be found on the reverse of Australia's $50 bill.

Edith Cowan's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In the year 1879, she married James Cowan.

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Her likeness appears on Australia's $50 currency, as it does on US President Ulysses S. Grant's in the United States.

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Edith Cowan Income & Net worth

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