Bessie Mabel Rischbieth b. 16 October 1874

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
An early activist for womens' rights, a theosophist and life long feminist, Bessie Mabel Rischbieth was a well known figure in Perth. Her early training in the arts was later replaced with a passion for writing.

Citations

  • (September 1948), 'Milady’, Volume 1, Numberv 3, .

  • (June 1967), 'Dawn Special Number: In Memoriam Bessie Mabel Rischbieth’, Order of the British Empire Justice of the Peace [newsletter], .

  • Daniels, K.M.; Murnane, M.; & Picot, A. (eds.) (1977), 'Women in Australia’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Lutton, Nancy, 'Bessie Rischbieth OBE: An oral history study’, Early Days (Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Western Australia), Volume 9, Number 1.

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Art and Design in Western Australia: Perth Technical College 1900-2000’, Perth, WA.

  • Lutton, Nancy (1988), 'Bessie Rischbieth’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, [Serle, G. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Ogilvie, June (1988), 'Bessie Rischbieth’, 200 Australian Women, [Radi, Heather (ed.)], Sydney, NSW.

  • White, Kate (1979), 'Bessie Rischbieth the feminist’, Westralian Portraits, [Lyall, Hunt (ed.)], Nedlands, WA.

  • (2004), 'Rischbieth Correspondence’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (Manuscript).

See also

  • 'Section 4, plate 165'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions