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Name	Bessie Mabel Rischbieth
Born	16 October, 1874 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	13 March, 1967 (aged 92) Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Religious Influence	Theosophist Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Collisson, Marjorie Chave (friend) Ruston, Gertrude Winifred (employee) Rich, Ruby Sophia (associate) Street, Jessie Mary (mentored) Greenwood, Irene Adelaide (collaborator)
Occupation or Descriptor *	charity worker (1906-1967) Western Australia, Australia feminist (1906-1967) Western Australia, Australia women's activist (1906-1967) Western Australia, Australia magazine/journal editor (1919-1949) Western Australia, Australia conservationist (1945-1967) Western Australia, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1964-1964) Western Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate