• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: IMP0214

Skuse, Jean Enid

  • AO, MBE
(1932 – )
  • Born 1932
  • Occupation Church worker

Summary

Jean Skuse was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) on 26 January 1992 for service to religion, particularly through the World Council of Churches, and to women’s affairs. In the Queen’s Birthday Honors list 1979 she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community.

Events

  • 1981 - 1984

    Member of the New South Wales Premier’s Women’s Advisory Council

  • 1975 - 1983

    Vice-moderator of the Central Committee World Council of Churches

  • 1971 - 1975

    Executive Secretary of the New South Wales Council Australian Council of Churches

  • 1970

    Member of the United Nations Commission on Status of Women – Geneva

  • 1969 - 1970

    Observer with the United Nations for Methodist Church United States American

  • 1963 - 1969

    Administrator of the Methodist Girls’ Hostel Waverley

  • 1949 - 1963

    Accounting and auditing (Sydney and London)

  • 1978

    Awarded Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal

  • 1992

    Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

  • 1979

    Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil)

  • 1992 - 1993

    Member of the Home Care Advisory Board New South Wales Government

  • 1988 - 1991

    National Co-ordinator of the World Council of Churches Assembly

  • 1976 - 1988

    General Secretary of the Australian Council of Churches

  • 1986

    Member of the New South Wales Government Services for Victims of Crime Task Force

  • 1983 - 1985

    Member of the National Advisory Council Australian Boardcastiong Corporation

Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
    • Papers of Jean Skuse, 1969-2011
  • National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
    • Jean Skuse interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]

Published resources

Related entries


  • Related Concepts
    • Women and Religion in Australia