# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bessie-rischbieth
# Generated: 2026-09-07T16:44:08.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bessie-rischbieth"
name: "Bessie Rischbieth"
slug: "bessie-rischbieth"
description: "Bessie Mabel Rischbieth, was an influential and early Australian feminist and social activist. A leading or founding member of many social reform groups, such as the Women's Service Guilds, The Australian Federation of Women Voters and their periodical The Dawn, she sought to establish international campaigns for social change and human rights. She is remembered for a symbolic protest against the reclamation of Mounts Bay in 1959 when she entered the river at the age of 85 and prevented the bulldozers from commencing their work."
tagline: "Australian feminist and social activist (1874-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rischbieth(1940s).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1874-10-16"
deathDate: "1967-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.6
  momentum:             4.869565217391305
  historical:           7.872822666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bessie Rischbieth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيسي ريتشبيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Rischbieth"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Rischbieth"
    title: "Bessie Rischbieth"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Rischbieth"
    title: "Bessie Rischbieth"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Rischbieth"
    title: "Bessie Rischbieth"
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    title: "ബെസ്സി റിഷ്ബിയത്ത്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਬੇਸੀ ਰਿਸਬੀਥ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Rischbieth"
    title: "Bessie Rischbieth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4896491"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump