Raigh Roe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raigh Roe

Australian activist

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1922

Place of Birth: Western Australia, Australia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: farmer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dame Raigh Edith Roe (née Kurts; 12 December 1922 – November 2014) was an Australian farmer, who became an advocate for rural women in Australia and around the world.
She was member of the Australian Country Women's Association (CWA) from 1941; she became branch president, Western Australian state president and, eventually, national president of the CWA.In 1977 she was elected World President of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), representing almost nine million women in 74 countries throughout the world.
In 1978, she was appointed as a commissioner for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC).A biography of Roe, She's No Milkmaid (ISBN 0859051528), written by Rica Erickson and Rona Haywood, was published by Hesperian Press in 1991.