Eleanor May Moore (10 March 1875 – 1 October 1949) was an Australian

pacifist Pacifism is the opposition or resistance to war, militarism (including conscription and mandatory military service) or violence. Pacifists generally reject theories of Just War. The word ''pacifism'' was coined by the French peace campaign ...

. Moore was also a feminist. She was involved in the peace movement as a member of the Sisterhood of International Peace (SIP), which later became part of the

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make kno ...

(WILPF). She was born in

Lancefield, Victoria Lancefield is a town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges local government area in Victoria, Australia north of the state capital, Melbourne and had a population of 2,743 at the 2021 census. History The area was used by the indigenous aborigina ...

. She attended the

Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne , motto_translation = The law of God is the Lamp of Life , established = 1875 , type = Independent, single-sex, day and boarding, Christian school , denomination = Presbyterian , princ ...

, where she edited the school paper and trained as a stenographer. Moore's family were members of the

Australian Church The Australian Church (1884–1957) was founded by Dr. Charles Strong in Melbourne.

, founded by pacifist and preacher,

Charles Strong Charles Strong (26 September 1844 – 12 February 1942) was a Scottish-born Australian preacher and first minister of the Australian Church. Early life Strong was the third son of the Rev. David Strong and Margaret Paterson, ''née'' Roxburgh ...

. After Strong formed the Sisterhood of International Peace (SIP) in 1915, Moore became joined, becoming the international secretary. She represented the SIP in May 1919 at the International Women's Congress in Zurich. Later, when the SIP became the

(WILPF), Moore continued working as the secretary and was involved in the group until her death. Moore represented WILPF at the Pan Pacific Union Women's conferences at

Honolulu Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island ...

in 1928 and 1930. Moore was against using war to solve conflicts; she said: "I know that, however long the fight continues, in the end it must be settled by negotiation." Moore chose not to marry and cared for her parents who lived to be 91 and 96. She worked on a book, ''The Quest for Peace'', finishing it in 1949. Moore died in Toorak on 1 October 1949.

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Eleanor May Moore
(photograph) {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Eleanor May Australian pacifists 1875 births 1949 deaths People educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne People from Victoria (state) Australian feminists