16 Facts About Eva Cox

Eva Maria Cox is an Austrian-born Australian writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator and activist.

Eva Cox has been an active advocate for creating a "more civil" society.

Eva Cox was a long-term member of the Women's Electoral Lobby, and is still pursuing feminist change by putting revaluing social contributions and wellbeing onto political agendas, as well as recognising the common ground between Australia's First Nations and feminist values of the importance of the social.

Eva Cox attended the University of Sydney from 1956 to 1957, where she met Germaine Greer and Robert Hughes and became associated with the Sydney Push.

Rebecca was conceived in Hughenden, Queensland, where Eva Cox had gone to reunite with her husband after they had separated.

Eva Cox returned to study as a single mother in the early 1970s, graduating with an Honours degree in sociology from the University of New South Wales in 1974, and became a tutor and research consultant in that department.

Eva Cox was director of the New South Wales Council for Social Service from 1977 to 1981 and she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1980.

Eva Cox was part of the feminist magazine Refractory Girl during the 1980s and became a media spokeswoman, in addition to her activism in anti-war and feminist issues.

Eva Cox established the first Commonwealth-funded after-school childcare centre, at Glenmore Road Public School in Paddington, New South Wales.

In 1981 and 1982, Eva Cox was an adviser to the Federal Shadow Minister for Social Services, Senator Don Grimes.

Eva Cox delivered the 1995 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Boyer Lectures presentation, entitled "A Truly Civil Society", which highlighted the importance of social capital.

Eva Cox's book Leading Women was published the following year and explored the topic of power in relation to gender.

Eva Cox is a prolific writer and social commentator and her articles can be read in Crikey and The Conversation.

From 2007 to 2015, Eva Cox was a Fellow of the Centre for Policy Development.

Eva Cox continues as the director of Distaff Associates and is convenor of the Women's Equity Think Tank, a further development of the Women's Economic Think Tank.

Eva Cox was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1995 for her services to women's welfare and was named Humanist of the Year in 1997 by the Council of Australian Humanist Societies.