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Name	Beatrice Eileen Faust
Alternative Names	Beatrice Eileen Fennessy
Born	19 February, 1939 Glen Huntly, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	30 October, 2019 (aged 80) Churchill, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (Melbourne) (student, 1951-1955) University of Melbourne (student, 1957) Women's College (University of Melbourne) (student, 1957)
Occupation or Descriptor *	abortion law reformer (1965-1980) Victoria, Australia civil libertarian (1965-2019) Victoria, Australia feminist (1965-2019) Victoria, Australia journalist (1965-2000) Victoria, Australia women's activist (1965-2019) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Victorian Honour Roll of Women (inductee) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2004)
Key Organisations *	Abortion Law Reform Association (Vic) (president) Council for Civil Liberties (Vic) (member, 1966) Women's Electoral Lobby (Vic) (member, 1972)

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