Julia Wallace (community leader)

Julia Nannie Wallace OBE (21 December 1907 – 12 December 1991) was a notable New Zealand teacher, principal, community leader and local politician. She was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States in 1907. She was the first woman to be elected onto Palmerston North City Council in 1962 and served as a city councillor until 1968.[1] In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Davies, Mary D. "Julia Nannie Wallace". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44602. p. 6340. 8 June 1968. Retrieved 19 June 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, April 03, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.