Flora McMillan Forde

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ Page, Dorothy. "Flora McMillan Forde". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  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. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39557. pp. 3049–3051. 5 June 1952. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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