- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0050
Roe, Raigh Edith
- Dame, DBE, CBE
- Maiden name Kurts, Raigh
- Born 12 December, 1922, Western Australia Australia
- Died 1 November, 2014
- Occupation Community worker
Summary
Raigh Roe was appointed Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 31 December 1979 for services to women. A member of the Country Women’s Association since the age of 18, Roe became Branch President, Western Australian State President and National President. In 1977 she was elected World President of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), representing almost nine million women in 74 countries. That year she also was named Australian of the Year.
Events
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1961 - 1964
International Officer of the Country Women’s Association
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1942 - 1972
Involved in farming
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1977
Australian of the Year
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1979
Appointed Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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1975
Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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2041
Married James Roe, they were to have three sons.
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1979
Deputy Chairman of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Western Australia
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1977 - 1980
World President of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) World Conference
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1974
National Co-ordinator of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) World Conference
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1972
Honorary Life Member of the Country Women’s Association
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1969 - 1971
National President of the Country Women’s Association
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1967 - 1970
State President of the Country Women’s Association of Western Australia (Inc)
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- State Library of Western Australia
- National Library of Australia
Published resources
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Book
- Reflections : profiles of 150 women who helped make Western Australia's history; Project of the Womens Committee for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Western Australia, Popham, Daphne; Stokes, K.A.; Lewis, Julie, 1979
- The Many Hats of Country Women: The Jubilee History of the Country Women's Association of Australia, Stevens-Chambers, Brenda, 1997
- She's no milkmaid : a biography of Dame Raigh Roe, D.B.E., Erickson, Rica, Haywood, Rona and Oldham, Jan (sketches by), [1991?]
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- Dame Raigh Roe DBE (b. 1923 ), National Australia Day Council, http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/recipient.asp?pID=18
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
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Resource
- Trove: Roe, Raigh Edith (1922-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-767071