Valerie Fisher

Valerie Claire Fisher
AO
Born(1927-05-15)15 May 1927
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 85)
Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Occupationwomen's advocate
Known forserving as the national president of the CWA and world leader of the ACWW

Valerie Claire Fisher AO (née Olholm, 15 May 1927 – 19 April 2013) was an Australian women's advocate.[1][2]

She is best known for her leadership in the Country Women's Association, having served as its national president as well as the world president of its parent organisation the Associated Country Women of the World.[3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Heywood, Anne (31 July 2015). "Fisher, Valerie Claire (1927 - 2013)". Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Farmer's wife speaks for 78,000 women". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 May 1976. p. 24. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. ^ Marsh, Bill 'Swampy' (2011). Great Australian CWA Stories. HarperCollins Publishers Australia. pp. 102–107. ISBN 9780733324352.
  4. ^ Bunbury, Stephanie (28 June 1985). "Scones, jams and politics". The Age. p. 19. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. ^ Wade, Bronwen (10 November 2011). "Not just scones and sponges". ABC Local. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Life devoted to the CWA". The Border Mail. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  7. ^ Pugh, Judith (12 July 2008). "Binding a community with politics of the personal". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2023. Valerie Fisher, who was twice world president of the Associated Country Women of the World, took the floor.