Annette Bear-Crawford

Annette Ellen Bear-Crawford (born Annette Ellen Bear, 23 February 1853 – 7 June 1899) was an Australian women's suffragist and social reformer in Victoria. She was instrumental in uniting and training the women's suffrage organisations in the Colony of Victoria to coordinate a sustained campaign for women to gain the vote. She established a shilling fund to found the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne. She was a social reformer, and successfully agitated to have the age of consent increased, and have women involved in factory inspecting, and policing to ensure the safety of women.

Bear-Crawford died unexpectedly from pneumonia, aged 46, while on a trip to England to attend the Women's International Conference. She did not live to see women gain the vote in Victoria or Australia. She also died a week before the opening of the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne. In 2007, she was inducted into the Victorian Honour roll of women.