Patricia Grimshaw | |
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| Born | Patricia Ann Grimshaw 16 December 1938 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Awards | Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1992) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1997) Officer of the Order of Australia (2017) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland (BA(Hons), MA) University of Melbourne (PhD) |
| Thesis | Paths of Duty: American Missionary Wives in Early Nineteenth Century Hawaii (1986) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne (1977–2006) |
| Main interests | History of women Indigenous peoples |
| Notable works | Women's Suffrage in New Zealand |
Patricia Ann Grimshaw, AO, FASSA, FAHA (born 16 December 1938) is a retired Australian academic who specialised in women's and Indigenous peoples' history. One of her most influential works is Women's Suffrage in New Zealand, first published in 1972, which is considered the definitive work on the story of how New Zealand became the first country in the world to give women the vote.[1]