Eva Hughes
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Australian political activist
Agnes Eva Hughes, OBE (née Snodgrass; c. 1856 – 10 June 1940) was a political activist in Victoria, Australia. She was one of the founders and presidents of the Australian Women's National League, and campaigned for conscription in the First World War.
Hughes was married to the businessman and army officer Frederic Hughes.
In popular culture
[edit ]Eva Hughes is one of the six Australians whose war experiences are presented in The War That Changed Us , a four-part television documentary series about Australia's involvement in the First World War.[1] [2]
References
[edit ]- ^ "The War That Changed Us". Internet Movie Database . Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "The War That Changed Us". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
Further reading
[edit ]- Smart, Judith (1983). "Agnes Eva Hughes (1856–1940)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 9. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943 . Retrieved 12 September 2014.
