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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">New Zealand women's advocate (1924–2022)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">DBE</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace#New_Zealand" title="Justice of the peace">JP</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Miriam_Dell_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Miriam_Dell_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Miriam_Dell_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Miriam_Dell_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="327" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Dell in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Miriam Patricia Matthews</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1924-06-14</span>)</span>14 June 1924<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">Hamilton</a>, New Zealand</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">22 March 2022<span style="display:none">(2022-03-22)</span> (aged 97)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Carterton,_New_Zealand" title="Carterton, New Zealand">Carterton</a>, New Zealand</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Women's rights advocacy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output 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Empire">DBE</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace#New_Zealand" title="Justice of the peace">JP</a></span></span> (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> <b>Matthews</b>; 14 June 1924 – 22 March 2022) was a New Zealand women's advocate, botanist and schoolteacher.<sup id="cite_ref-Trailblazers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trailblazers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the president of the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Women_of_New_Zealand" title="National Council of Women of New Zealand">National Council of Women of New Zealand</a> from 1970 to 1974 and the first New Zealand president of the <a href="/wiki/International_Council_of_Women" title="International Council of Women">International Council of Women</a> from 1979 to 1984. She established the Committee on Women, the forerunner to New Zealand's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Women" title="Ministry for Women">Ministry for Women</a>. Her work promoting women's rights and advancement led to her being appointed a Member of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_New_Zealand" title="Order of New Zealand">Order of New Zealand</a> in 1993, New Zealand's highest civilian honour.<sup id="cite_ref-DPMC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DPMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miriam_Dell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dell was born in 1924 in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">Hamilton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iwwow_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iwwow-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the daughter of Ruby Miriam Crawford and Gerald Matthews.<sup id="cite_ref-NLNZ_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLNZ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her family moved to <a href="/wiki/Mount_Albert,_New_Zealand" title="Mount Albert, New Zealand">Mount Albert</a> in Auckland in 1931, and she attended Owairaka School,<sup id="cite_ref-ThenandNow_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThenandNow-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later <a href="/wiki/Epsom_Girls%27_Grammar_School" title="Epsom Girls' Grammar School">Epsom Girls' Grammar School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NZOD_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZOD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dell studied botany at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Auckland" title="University of Auckland">Auckland University College</a>, and in later years recalled how she had been at first prevented from speaking at the university science club because she was a woman.<sup id="cite_ref-Suffrage_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suffrage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She subsequently attended the <a href="/wiki/Auckland_College_of_Education" title="Auckland College of Education">Auckland Teachers' Training College</a> and became a science teacher at <a href="/wiki/Otahuhu_College" title="Otahuhu College">Otahuhu College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NZOD_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZOD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NL_Interview_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NL_Interview-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1946, at age 22, she married <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dell" title="Richard Dell">Richard Dell</a> and moved with him to Wellington the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Circle_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Circle-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She continued working as a science teacher after her marriage, which was unusual at the time, and said of her decision, "I was always very keen for women to take their place in the wider world, not just to be at home."<sup id="cite_ref-Suffrage_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suffrage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dell and her husband had four daughters, and in the late 1940s and 1950s she raised them while working as a schoolteacher.<sup id="cite_ref-NLNZ_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLNZ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her advocacy for women began in 1947 when she joined the Association of Anglican Women, an organisation for young married women.<sup id="cite_ref-Suffrage_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suffrage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Circle_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Circle-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miriam_Dell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dell was a founding member of the Hutt Valley Branch of the National Council of Women of New Zealand. She became the national president of the council in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-Trailblazers_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trailblazers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971, Dell was the only female member of a five-person Committee of Inquiry into Equal Pay set up by the government to investigate equal pay in New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-Coalition_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coalition-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her work on this committee directly led to legislative change in New Zealand, such as ensuring equal citizenship rights, matrimonial property sharing and parental leave, and supported the passing of the <a href="/wiki/Gender_pay_gap_in_New_Zealand#Equal_Pay_Act_1972" title="Gender pay gap in New Zealand">Equal Pay Act 1972</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Coalition_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coalition-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DPMC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DPMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dell was also the only woman to sit on the National Development Council from 1969 to 1974. In this role she established a subcommittee to investigate the role of women in national development and to advise the government on women's issues, which became the Committee on Women, the forerunner to New Zealand's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Women" title="Ministry for Women">Ministry for Women</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DPMC_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DPMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dalziel_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dalziel-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, Dell became chairperson of the Committee on Women and was coordinator for the landmark <a href="/wiki/International_Women%27s_Year" title="International Women's Year">International Women's Year</a> in 1975,<sup id="cite_ref-DPMC_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DPMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as attending all three of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Decade_for_Women" title="United Nations Decade for Women">United Nations Conferences for the Decade of Women</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Government" title="New Zealand Government">New Zealand Government</a> delegation.<sup id="cite_ref-Trailblazers_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trailblazers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was chairperson of the committee until 1981. One of her achievements was to establish a women's appointment file to encourage government agencies to appoint women to job vacancies as well as men.<sup id="cite_ref-DPMC_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DPMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also worked with government departments to convene important conferences such as the 1976 Conference on Women Social and Economic Development and 1977 Conference on Women and Health, both held in Wellington.<sup id="cite_ref-Dalziel_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dalziel-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dell was elected to the Board of Officers of the <a href="/wiki/International_Council_of_Women" title="International Council of Women">International Council of Women</a> (ICW) in 1976, and was elected International President in 1979. She was the first New Zealander to hold this position, and remained in post until 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-DPMC_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DPMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this role she visited 64 countries and became aware of the difficulties facing women in poorer countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Humphreys_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Humphreys-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was coordinator of the ICW Development Project Program until her retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-DPMC_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DPMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1976, she received the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Ristori" title="Adelaide Ristori">Adelaide Ristori</a> Prize from the Italian Cultural Centre for outstanding service.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1982 she was made a life member of the National Council of Women of New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1991, Dell was appointed to chair the Suffrage Trust, set up to promote the centennial of <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_New_Zealand" title="Women's suffrage in New Zealand">women's suffrage in New Zealand</a> and to allocate NZ$5 million in funding to projects reflecting different aspects of women's lives.<sup id="cite_ref-Brookes_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brookes-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tizard_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tizard-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dell died in <a href="/wiki/Carterton,_New_Zealand" title="Carterton, New Zealand">Carterton</a> on 22 March 2022, at the age of 97.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_awards">Honours and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miriam_Dell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1975_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)" title="1975 New Year Honours (New Zealand)">1975 New Year Honours</a>, Dell was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a>, for public services.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1977, she was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Silver_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal">Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HBTQ_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HBTQ-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/1980_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)" title="1980 New Year Honours (New Zealand)">1980 New Year Honours</a>, Dell was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a>, for services to women.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1990, she was awarded the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_1990_Commemoration_Medal" title="New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal">New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HBTQ_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HBTQ-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/1993_Special_Honours_(New_Zealand)" title="1993 Special Honours (New Zealand)">6 February 1993</a>, Dell was the 22nd appointee to the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_New_Zealand" title="Order of New Zealand">Order of New Zealand</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Zealand's highest civil honour. Also in 1993, Dell was awarded the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Suffrage_Centennial_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal">New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patronage">Patronage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miriam_Dell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Patronage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dell was the patron of the New Zealand Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS). In 2013, the New Zealand AWIS launched an award for excellence in science mentoring and titled the award in honour of Dell.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The biennial Miriam Dell Award is awarded to someone who demonstrates outstanding mentoring efforts to retain females in science, mathematics and technology.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable winners include <a href="/wiki/Roslyn_Kemp" title="Roslyn Kemp">Roslyn Kemp</a> (2015), <a href="/wiki/Vivien_Kirk" title="Vivien Kirk">Vivien Kirk</a> (2017), <a href="/wiki/Abigail_Smith" title="Abigail Smith">Abby Smith</a> (2019), <a href="/wiki/Dianne_Tracey" title="Dianne Tracey">Di Tracey</a> (2021) and <a href="/wiki/Cate_Macinnis-Ng" title="Cate Macinnis-Ng">Cate Macinnis-Ng</a> (2023).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miriam_Dell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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