Eva Cox

Eva Cox AO
Born	Eva Maria Hauser (1938-02-21) 21 February 1938 (age 86) Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Australian
Education	University of New South Wales (1974, B.A. in sociology)
Occupation(s)	Researcher, women's rights activist
Known for	Founding member of the Women's Electoral Lobby
Political party	Labor (until the 1980s)
Parents	Richard Hauser [de] (father) Ruth Hauser (mother)

Eva Maria Cox AO (née Hauser; born 21 February 1938) is an Austrian-born Australian writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator and activist. She has been an active advocate for creating a "more civil" society. She was a long-term member of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL), 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.