Beatrice Faust

Beatrice Faust

BornBeatrice Eileen Fennessey
(1939-02-19)19 February 1939
Glen Huntly, Victoria, Australia
Died30 October 2019(2019-10-30) (aged 80)
Churchill, Victoria, Australia
OccupationWriter, women's rights activist
LanguageEnglish
EducationMac.Robertson Girls' High School
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Notable worksWomen, Sex and Pornography (1980)
Apprenticeship in Liberty (1991)
SpouseClive Faust
PartnerAdam (Aimo) Murtonen

Beatrice Eileen Faust AO (19 February 1939 – 30 October 2019) was an Australian author and women's activist. In 1966 she was president of the Victorian Abortion Law Repeal Association. She was a co-founder of the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties in 1966 and of the Women's Electoral Lobby in 1972.