Jocelyn Fish
Dame Jocelyn Fish CBE JP | |
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Born | Jocelyn Barbara Green 29 September 1930 Whangārei, New Zealand |
Died | 19 September 2021 Hamilton, New Zealand | (aged 90)
Alma mater | Auckland University College |
Occupation | Schoolteacher |
Spouse |
John Fish (m. 1959) |
Children | 3 |
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Fish
Biography
Fish was born Jocelyn Barbara Green, the daughter of Edna and John Green, at
In 1980, Jocelyn Fish was elected as a Piako County councillor, the first woman in that role, and served until 1989.[2] She was national president of the National Council of Women from 1986 to 1990, and served as a member of the Film and Literature Board of Review between 1981 and 1984.[2] She was a member of the New Zealand national commission of UNESCO between 1989 and 1995, and was one of a group of women who lobbied for 1993 to be recognised as Women's Suffrage Year in New Zealand.[2]
Fish died in Hamilton on 19 September 2021, aged 90.[4][5]
Honours and awards
In 1990, Fish received the
References
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- ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: G". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Women's rights leader Dame Jocelyn Fish dies at 90". RNZ News. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Jocelyn Fish death notice". The New Zealand Herald. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "No. 52564". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 15 June 1991. p. 30.
- ^ "New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2001". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Special honours list 1 August 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2019.