Robina Thomson Cameron

Robina Thomson Cameron (15 April 1892 – 28 June 1971),[1] known as Ruby Cameron,[2] was a New Zealand district nurse, community leader and nursing inspector. She was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on 15 April 1892.[1] In 1931, Cameron was appointed as district nurse at Rotorua, by the Department of Public Health.[3] While in Rotorua, Cameron was involved in the establishment of the Women's Health League, and remained its president from its formation in 1937,[2] until her death in 1971.[1] The Women's Health League had strong ties to Te Arawa (a confederation of Māori tribes), and it supported typhoid inoculations and other health initiatives.[4] For her involvement in this, Cameron was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1938.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 McKegg, Alexandra. "Robina Thomson Cameron". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 Meha, Raina (1993). "Te Rōpū o te Ora / Women's Health League 1937–". In Else, Anne. Women together: a history of women's organisations in New Zealand : ngā ropū wāhine o te motu. Wellington, New Zealand: Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs. ISBN 9780908896295.
  3. ↑ Belich, James (2002). "Chapter 16: Resurgent Maori". Paradise Reforged: A history of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the year 2000. UK: Peguin. ISBN 9781742288239.
  4. ↑ Tennant, Margaret (2007). The fabric of welfare: voluntary organisations, government and welfare in New Zealand, 1840-2005. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books. p. 96. ISBN 9781877242373.


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