Miriam Dell

Dame Miriam Patricia Dell ONZ DBE (née Matthews, born June 14, 1924) is a New Zealand women's advocate.[1]

Early life and family

Dell was born in 1924, and, at age 22 in 1946, she married Richard Dell.<ref name=""CSIRO">Alan Beu, Bruce Marshall and Winston Ponder : Richard Kenneth ('Dick') Dell (1920–2002), obituary, bibliography and list of his taxa; Molluscan Research, 2003, 23, 85–99</ref>

Activism

Dell was a founding member of the Hutt Valley Branch of the National Council of Women (NCW). She became National President of the Council in 1970.

In 1974 she became chairperson of the Committee on Women and was coordinator for International Women's Year, attending as a member of the New Zealand Government delegation at all three of the UN Conferences for the Decade of Women.

She was elected to the Board of Officers of the International Council of Women (ICW) in 1976 and was International President 1979-1986, Honorary President 1986-1988 and was coordinator of the ICW Development Project Program until her retirement.

Honours

In the 1975 New Year Honours Dell was appointed as Commander of the Order of the British Empire for public services.[2] In the 1980 New Year Honours Dell was promoted to the rank of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[3] On 6 February 1993, Dell was the Twenty Second appointee to The Order of New Zealand,[4][5] New Zealand's highest civil honour.

Affiliations

Dell was associated or affiliated with the following organisations:

References

  1. ↑ The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (3rd ed.). London: Europa Publications Limited. 2001. p. 135. ISBN 1857431227.
  2. ↑ "New Year Honours List 1975" (9 January 1975) 1 The New Zealand Gazette 20.
  3. ↑ "New Year Honours 1980" (1 January 1980) 1 New Zealand Gazette 81.
  4. ↑ "Honours and Awards" (11 February 1993) 18 New Zealand Gazette 325 at 326.
  5. ↑ "The Order of New Zealand (instituted 1987)". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

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