Alison Roxburgh

Dame Alison Roxburgh
DNZM CBE QSO JP
Born
Alison Mary Cameron

(1934-09-06)6 September 1934
Died25 January 2020(2020-01-25) (aged 85)
NationalityNew Zealander
SpouseJim Roxburgh
Children1

Dame Alison Mary Roxburgh DNZM CBE QSO JP (née Cameron; 6 September 1934 – 25 January 2020) was a New Zealand women's rights advocate and community leader.[1]

Life

Roxburgh was born in Dunedin on 6 September 1934, and attended Columba College.[2] She earned a Bachelor of Home Science at the University of Otago in 1955 and then attended Auckland Teachers' College.[2] Roxburgh lectured and conducted research in nutrition at the University of Otago, Middlesex Hospital School of Clinical Research and the Flour Advisory Bureau in London, and at Victoria University of Wellington.[2] From 1990 she was the national president of the National Council of Women of New Zealand.[2]

Honours and awards

In the 1986 New Year Honours, Roxburgh was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services,[3] and in 1993 she received the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[4] In the 1995 New Year Honours, she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to women's affairs.[5] She was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to women's affairs and the community, in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours.[6] Following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009, Roxburgh accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[7]

References

  1. ^ Sivignon, Cherie (30 January 2020). "Women's affairs champion, 'really good Nelsonian' Dame Alison Roxburgh dies". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Alister Taylor; Deborah Coddington, eds. (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-908578-34-4. Wikidata Q96247228.
  3. ^ "No. 50362". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1985. p. 31.
  4. ^ "New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 53894". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1994. p. 34.
  6. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2003". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Special honours list 1 August 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2020.


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