Annie Cohen (15 November 186112 April 1939) was an Australian community and charity worker at Berry Street community service organisation and charity in Victoria. ''Obituary originally published in

The Argus (Melbourne) ''The Argus'' was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most ...

, 13 April 1939, p 3'' She went to Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne in 1879. Her father Edward Aaron Cohen was a politician and mayor of Melbourne. She married Montague Cohen in 1881. Annie and Montague had only one child, politician Harold Edward Cohen.

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.

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Australian women philanthropists Australian philanthropists Philanthropists from Melbourne 19th-century Australian women 20th-century Australian women 1861 births 1939 deaths {{Australia-bio-stub