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Barbara Gay Williams CNZM QSO JP is a retired New Zealand nurse.

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Biography

Williams completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, with a thesis on nursing in the 1960s through to the 1990s. [1] Williams served as executive director of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, and led negotiations on pay and working conditions for nurses. [2]

Recognition

In the 1991 New Year Honours, Williams was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services. [3] In 1993 Williams was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. [4] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to nursing. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Williams, Barbara (2000). The Primacy of the Nurse in New Zealand 1960s-1990s: Attitudes, Beliefs and Responses over Time (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington. doi:10.26686/wgtn.16920781.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand's Women in Power: Where are they now?". Stuff. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "No. 52383". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1990. p. 30.
  4. ↑ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients". The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Queen honours artists, mathematicians, sports people and literary lights". NZ Herald. 3 June 2002. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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