Dorothy Page (historian)

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Dorothy Pauline Page is a retired New Zealand historian and academic. She specialised in women's history, biography and public history. [1]

Page was appointed as a lecturer in history at the University of Otago in 1969 and was later promoted to associate professor. [2] [3] In 1986 Page and her colleague Barbara Brookes introduced the first university-level women's history paper in New Zealand. [4] She retired from the university in 2000. [1] Page remained active in local history events; she was the president of the Otago Settlers' Association in 2007 and 2008. [5]

In 1993, Page was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Anatomy of a Medical School". University of Otago. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. "Looking back at history". University of Otago 1869–2019. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Dorothy Page | BWB Bridget Williams Books". bwb.co.nz. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. "A woman's history". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. "Otago Settlers' News". December 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.