Raigh Roe

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Dame Raigh Edith Roe Template:Post-nominals (Template:Nee; 12 December 1922 – 3 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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).<ref name=thisisabc>Template:Cite book</ref>

A biography of Roe, She's No Milkmaid (Template:ISBN), written by Rica Erickson and Rona Haywood, was published by Hesperian Press in 1991.<ref name=milkmaid>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Honours

In 1975, Raigh Roe was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).<ref>It's an Honour: CBE 1975</ref> In 1980, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).<ref>It's an Honour: DBE 1980</ref>

In 1977 she was named Australian of the Year,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> jointly with Sir Murray Tyrrell.

In 2001 she was awarded the Centenary Medal.<ref>It's an Honour: Centenary Medal 2001</ref>