Helen Wily, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Helen Wily

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1921

Date of Death: 12-Sep-2009

Profession: mathematician, academic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Helen Mary Wily (née Harrison, 27 April 1921 – 12 September 2009) was a New Zealand statistician and mathematician.
She was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in the 1988 New Year Honours.
With Sharleen Forbes she ran the first session on gender issues in statistics education, at the third International Conference on Teaching Statistics held in 1990 at Otago University.
She was a strong advocate of equal pay issues in the public service.
She was very involved with the Christchurch branch of the New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women.