Flora McMillan Forde

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Flora McMillan Forde OBE (née Ive, 9 June 1883 – 13 December 1958) was a New Zealand political activist, feminist and welfare worker. She was born in Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand on 9 June 1883. [1]

Wyndham, New Zealand human settlement in New Zealand

Wyndham is a rural town of 550 people in the South Island of New Zealand in the Southland region, 45 km (28 mi) east of Invercargill and 25 km (15 mi) south of Gore. The original Māori name of the locality was Mokoreta.

New Zealand Country in Oceania

New Zealand is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island, and the South Island —and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal, and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.

In 1935, she was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, [2] and in 1953, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. [3] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours. [4]

The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V.

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The 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were the first birthday honours of the new queen's reign, and were announced on 5 June 1952.

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References

  1. ↑ Page, Dorothy. "Flora McMillan Forde". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Alister (1998). The New Zealand Roll of Honour. Alister Taylor. p. 390. ISBN   0-908578-58-X.
  4. ↑ "No. 39557". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1952. pp. 3049–3051.
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