{{Short description|Australian pacifist (1875–1949)}} {{for|the American baseball player|Eleanor Moore}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox person | honorific-prefix = | name = Eleanor May Moore | image = | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|03|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Lancefield, Victoria, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1949|10|01|1875|03|10|df=y}} | death_place = Toorak, Victoria, Australia | other_names = | education = Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (previously Sisterhood of International Peace) | title = international secretary | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | otherparty = | movement = {{hlist|Pacifism|Feminism}} | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charges = <!-- criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources --> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = <!-- use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | family = | awards = | signature = | signature_type = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Eleanor May Moore''' (10 March 1875 – 1 October 1949) was an Australian pacifist. Moore was also a feminist.<ref name=":0" /> She was involved in the peace movement as a member of the Sisterhood of International Peace (SIP), which later became part of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-eleanor-may-7635|title=Moore, Eleanor May (1875-1949)|last=Colligan|first=Mimi|last2=Suanders|first2=Malcolm|date=1986|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
== Biography == === Early life === Moore was born in Lancefield, Victoria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0365b.htm|title=Moore, Eleanor May|last=Stone|first=Caitlin|date=2014|website=The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia|publisher=Australian Women's Archives Project|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref> She attended the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, where she edited the school paper and trained as a stenographer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Rivett|first=Kenneth|date=1993|title=Quiet Dissenter: The Life and Thoughts of an Australian Pacifist, Eleanor May Moore, 1875-1949|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=24229977&site=ehost-live|journal=Social Alternatives|volume=12|issue=3|pages=55–56|access-date=8 March 2016|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCO}}</ref> === Career === Moore's family were members of the Australian Church, founded by pacifist and preacher, Charles Strong.<ref name=":0" /> After Strong formed the Sisterhood of International Peace (SIP) in 1915, Moore joined, becoming the international secretary.<ref name=":1" /> She represented the SIP in May 1919 at the International Women's Congress in Zurich.<ref name=":1" /> Later, when the SIP became the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Moore continued working as the secretary and was involved in the group until her death.<ref name=":1" /> Moore represented WILPF at the Pan-Pacific Union Women's conferences at Honolulu in 1928 and 1930.<ref name=":1" />
Moore was against using war to solve conflicts; she said: "I know that, however long the fight continues, in the end it must be settled by negotiation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://livingpeacemuseum.org.au/ALPM/exhibits/show/ww1/ww1-womens-opposition|title=Women's Groups Opposition to Conscription|last=Hamel-Green|first=Michael|website=Australian Living Peace Museum|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305103524/http://livingpeacemuseum.org.au/ALPM/exhibits/show/ww1/ww1-womens-opposition|archive-date=5 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Moore chose not to marry and cared for her parents who lived to be 91 and 96.<ref name=":0" /> She worked on a book, ''The Quest for Peace'', finishing it in 1949.<ref name=":1" />
=== Death and legacy === Moore died in Toorak, Victoria on 1 October 1949.<ref name=":1" />
She was posthumously inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Eleanor Moore |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/eleanor-moore |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=State Government of Victoria |language=en-au}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170305104437/http://livingpeacemuseum.org.au/ALPM/items/show/41 Eleanor May Moore] (photograph) {{Feminism}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Eleanor May}} Category:Australian pacifists Category:1875 births Category:1949 deaths Category:People educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne Category:People from Victoria (state) Category:Australian feminists Category:Australian anti–World War I activists