Global InformationEliza Pottie information
Eliza Pottie | |
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| Born | Eliza Allen 14 December 1837 Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Died | 14 November 1907 (aged 69) Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| Burial place | Waverley Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Organization | Women's Christian Temperance Union |
| Known for | social reform |
| Movement | temperance, suffrage, women's rights |
| Spouse | John Pottie |
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| Relatives | William Johnston Allen (brother); Alfred Allen (brother) |
Eliza Pottie (14 December 1837 – 14 November 1907) was an Australian social reformer, and a leader in women's organizations in New South Wales. She was involved in the founding of the Young Women's Christian Association in Sydney, the Ladies' Sanitation Association, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She served as president of the Ladies Sanitation Association for nine years.
Pottie advocated for prison reform, supported orphanages, visited people in hospitals and institutions, and campaigned for women's suffrage. She was appointed to the Government Asylum Inquiry Board in 1886. A member of the Religious Society of Friends, she helped found the Quaker Relief Committee during the depression of 1893. In 1896, she attended the first National Council of Women New South Wales as a delegate for the WCTU. She died at her home in Manly in 1907.