Annie Cohen Explained

Annie Cohen (15 November 186112 April 1939) was an Australian community and charity worker at Berry Street community service organisation and charity in Victoria.[1] [2] She went to Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne in 1879.[3] [4] Her father Edward Aaron Cohen was a politician and mayor of Melbourne. She married Montague Cohen in 1881. Annie and Montague had only one child, politician Harold Edward Cohen.

Memberships

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Cohen, Annie (1861–1939) . 24 March 2019 . Obituaries Australia. Obituary originally published in The Argus (Melbourne), 13 April 1939, p 3
  2. Book: Berry Street 140 Years: Restoring Trust and Hope.
  3. Web site: Cohen - beginnings in Australia. meta-studies.net. 2019-03-20.
  4. Book: Henry Cohen.