Freda Brown

Freda Yetta Brown
Freda Brown (second from left) in East Berlin in 1987
Born
Freda Yetta Lewis

(1919-06-09)9 June 1919
Died26 May 2009(2009-05-26) (aged 89)
EducationSydney Girls High School
Occupation(s)Women's rights activist
Communist activist
Political partyCommunist Party of Australia
ChildrenLee 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.