Freda Yetta Brown | |
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Born | Freda Yetta Lewis 9 June 1919 Erskineville, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 26 May 2009 | (aged 89)
Education | Sydney Girls High School |
Occupation(s) | Women's rights activist Communist activist |
Political party | Communist Party of Australia |
Children | Lee Rhiannon |
Freda Yetta Brown (née Lewis; 9 June 1919 – 26 May 2009) was an Australian political activist and feminist who was a member of the Communist Party of Australia and later the Socialist Party. She is the only Australian woman to have been awarded a Lenin Peace Prize.