Gay Williams

Barbara Gay Williams CNZM QSO JP is a retired New Zealand nurse.

Biography

Williams served as executive director of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, and led negotiations on pay and working conditions for nurses.[1]

Recognition

In the 1991 New Year Honours, Williams was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[2] In 1993 Williams was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[3] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to nursing.[4][5]

References
  1. "New Zealand's Women in Power: Where are they now?". Stuff. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. "No. 52383". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1990. p. 30.
  3. "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients". The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. "Queen honours artists, mathematicians, sports people and literary lights". NZ Herald. 3 June 2002. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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