What is Raigh Roe?
[[Dame]] '''Raigh Edith Roe''' {{Small|[[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire|DBE]]}} (''[[née]]'' '''Kurts'''; 12 December 1922 – November 2014) was an [[Australia]]n [[farmer]]. She was an [[advocate]] for [[rural]] women in Australia and around the world. She was member of the [[Country Women's Association]] (CWA) from 1941. She held many roles in the CWA before becoming the national [[president]]. She was World President of the [[Associated Country Women of the World]] (ACWW) from 1977 to 1980. In this role, she represented almost nine million women in 74 [[countries]] around the world. In 1977, she was named [[Australian of the Year]] with [[Murray Tyrrell|Sir Murray Tyrrell]]. In 1978, she became a [[commission]]er for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|Australian Broadcasting Commission]] (ABC). In 1980, she was made a [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&year=1977&recipientID=79|title=1977 Australian of the Year|publisher=[[Australian of the Year|Australian of the Year Awards]]|access-date=26 March 2019}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Roe was born in [[Western Australia]]. She was married to James Arthur Roe. The couple had three sons. She died in November 2014, at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westannouncements.com.au/obituaries/thewest-au/obituary.aspx?n=raigh-roe&pid=173084419|title=Dame Raigh ROE Obituary|work=[[The West Australian]]|access-date=26 March 2019|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328142116/http://www.westannouncements.com.au/obituaries/thewest-au/obituary.aspx?n=raigh-roe&pid=173084419|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.acww.org.uk/ Associated Country Women of the World] {{Australians of the Year}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roe, Raigh}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Australian activists]]