Daphne Purves
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Dame Daphne Helen Purves, DBE (born 8 November 1908) is New Zealand's oldest Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Her main area of expertise has been education. She sees this as the key to better conditions for women worldwide; and the passion of her life has been the International Federation of University Women. She is fondly remembered by her former students of Waitaki Girls High School, Otago Girls High School, Otago Boys High School and Dunedin Teachers College ([1]).
[edit] Family
Daphne Helen Cowie married Herbert Dudley Purves (CMG, ChB, MB, MSc, Hon. DSc, FRS, FRACP; b. 1908 -d. 1993) in 1939.
She survives him as do two daughters, Hilary Helen and Elizabeth Celia, and one son, Robert Dudley Purves ([2]).
[edit] IFUW Grant
The IFUW offers a Daphne Purves Grant to help women graduates to obtain specialized training and to carry out independent research in any country for a minimum period of two (2) months of work ([3]).
[edit] Biography
Anderson, Molly. Nothing Like A Dame: A Biography of Dame Daphne Purves, ISBN 1-877161-50-0
