Joyce Price
Joyce Price | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 8, 1915 Nuriootpa, South Australia |
| Died | August 19, 2009 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
| Known for | Leader of the Guide movement in Australia and of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |
Lady Joyce Ethyl Price (8 August 1915 – 19 August 2009) was an Australian philanthropist and a noted leader of the Guide movement in Australia and of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).
Biography
[edit]Joyce Price was born in Nuriootpa, South Australia.[1] She married Sir Robert Price, the leading organic chemist.[2] Lady Price died in Shoreham, Victoria at the age of 94.[1]
Girl Guide movement
[edit]Lady Price was chairman of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (1975–1981), the only person to serve two terms and the only Australian appointed to that position.[1][3][4] As Chairman in 1977, she gave the address at the memorial service in Westminster Abbey for Lady Olave Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide.[1]
Earlier she was Victorian Commissioner (1963–1968) and Chief Commissioner for Australia (1968–1973).[3] She was vice-president from 1985 to 1994 of the Olave Baden-Powell Society, a financial support organisation for WAGGGS.[3]
Honours and awards
[edit]The headquarters of Guides Victoria is named the Joyce Price Centre in her honour.[1] She was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1978.[3] She was awarded the Silver Fish in 1967.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Obituary, The Age, Melbourne, 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Vale Lady Joyce Price" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d e Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
- ^ The Australian Women's Register
