Raigh Roe

Dame
Raigh Roe
DBE
World President of the Associated Country Women of the World
In office
1977–1980
Personal details
Born
Raigh Edith Kurts

(1922-12-12)12 December 1922
Western Australia
Died3 November 2014(2014-11-03) (aged 91)
Spouse
James Arthur Roe
​
(m. 1941)​
RelationsJohn Septimus Roe (great-grandfather-in-law)
ChildrenThree sons
EducationPerth Girls' School
OccupationFarmer
AwardsAustralian of the Year (1977)

Dame Raigh Edith Roe DBE (née Kurts; 12 December 1922 – 3 November 2014) was an Australian farmer, who became an advocate for rural women in Australia and around the world. She was member of the Australian Country Women's Association (CWA) from 1941; she became branch president, Western Australian state president and, eventually, national president of the CWA.[1]

In 1977 she was elected World President of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), representing almost nine million women in 74 countries throughout the world. In 1978, she was appointed as a commissioner for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC).[2]

A biography of Roe, She's No Milkmaid (ISBN 0859051528), written by Rica Erickson and Rona Haywood, was published by Hesperian Press in 1991.[3]

  1. ^ "Dame Raigh Roe". Seven West Media Limited. The West Australian. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. ^ Inglis, K.S. (2006). This is the ABC : the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1932-1983 (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Black Inc. ISBN 1863951814.
  3. ^ "She's no milkmaid : a biography of Dame Raigh Roe, D.B.E." National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2015.