Boyd, Dame Vivienne Myra (née Lowe)

1926- . Her lifetime of service in community and public affairs included

being President of the National Council of Women (1978-1982), a

member and later Chair of the Consumer Council (1975-1988) and

Chair of the Abortion Supervisory Committee (1979-1980). Her services

to society culminated in her being made a Dame of the British Empire

(DBE) in 1986. She had active lay leadership roles in the Epuni Baptist

Church, and wider N.Z. Baptist roles as President of the Baptist

Women’s League (1966-1968), as a member and later Convenor of the

Public Questions Committee (1967-1972, 1977-1979), as a member of

the Baptist Union Council (1970-1985) and as President of the Baptist Union (1984-1985).

She was the first woman to hold the latter two positions.