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Dame Stella Katherine Casey DBE Wright ; 22 May 1924 – 7 July 2000) was a New Zealand campaigner for social issues as well as a prominent member of various national organisations.
Early life and family
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Stella Katherine Wright was born in New Plymouth on 22 May 1924, the daughter of Stella Regina Wright (née Hickey, 1887–1973), a schoolteacher prior to her wedding, and William James Wright (1883–1959).[1] [2] [3] Opunake District High School , and Sacred Heart College, Christchurch .[3] Victoria University College from 1947 to 1947, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1948.[3]
In 1948, she married Maurice Eugene Casey , a lawyer born in 1923.[4] [4] [5]
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Casey was a member of the Catholic Women's League , the National Council of Women , the Christchurch Polytechnic Council and the New Zealand branch of the Federation of University Women . She started her first campaign in 1969 in Browns Bay on Auckland 's East Coast Bays when she objected to pornography being on display in shops; this resulted in a nationwide debate.[1]
Honours and awards
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In the 1991 New Year Honours , Casey was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire , for services to the community.[6] Queen's Birthday Honours , her husband, by then a Court of Appeal judge, was appointed a Knight Bachelor .[7] New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal .[8]
Death
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Casey died in Wellington on 7 July 2000, aged 76.[1] [5]
References
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^ "Opunake" . Hawera & Normanby Star . Vol. XLI. 2 July 1921. p. 4. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014 .
^ a b c Taylor, Alister ; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand . Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 93. ISBN 0-908578-34-2
^ a b Adlam, Geoff. "Rt Hon Sir Maurice Eugene Casey, 1923–2012" . New Zealand Law Society . Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014 .
^ a b Tahana, Yvonne (21 January 2012). "Judge's ruling halted divisive All Black tour" . The New Zealand Herald Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014 .
^ "No. 52383" . The London Gazette
^ "No. 52564" . The London Gazette
^ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients" . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018 .
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