Agnes Eva Hughes, was a political activist in Victoria, Australia.
10 Facts About Eva Hughes
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Eva Hughes was one of the founders and presidents of the Australian Women's National League, and she campaigned for conscription in the First World War.
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Eva Hughes had an older sister Janet Clarke, a philanthropist who created The Ashes urn.
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Eva Hughes has a brother Evelyn who was canonised in the Church of England.
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On 1 October 1885, Hughes married to the businessman and army officer Frederic Hughes in St Kilda.
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At their first meeting which Eva Hughes chaired, her sister, Janet was elected president.
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In September 1909, Eva Hughes was elected state president, a role she maintained for 13 years.
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Eva Hughes died on 10 June 1940 in St Kilda at her residence Kantaka.
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Eva Hughes was survived by both her husband and their four children.
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Eva Hughes is one of the six Australians whose war experiences are presented in The War That Changed Us, a four-part television documentary series about Australia's involvement in the First World War.