Annie Cohen

Annie Cohen (15 November 1861 – 12 April 1939) was an Australian community and charity worker at Berry Street community service organisation and charity in Victoria.[1][2][3][4][5] She went to Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne in 1879.[3][4][5] Her father Edward Aaron Cohen was a politician and mayor of Melbourne. She married Montague Cohen in 1881.[1][3][4][5] Annie and Montague had only one child, politician Harold Edward Cohen.[5]

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.[3][4][5]

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References
  1. "Cohen, Annie (1861–1939)". Obituaries Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2019. Obituary originally published in The Argus (Melbourne), 13 April 1939, p 3
  2. Berry Street 140 Years: Restoring Trust and Hope (PDF).
  3. "Cohen - beginnings in Australia". metastudies.net. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. Falk, Barbara, "Cohen, Montague (1855–1931)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 20 March 2019
  5. Henry Cohen (PDF).


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