Ruth Butterworth
Ruth Butterworth | |
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| Born | Ruth Helen Butterworth 21 August 1934 England |
| Died | 29 January 2020 (aged 85) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | The structure and organisation of some Catholic lay organisations in Australia and Great Britain: a comparative study with special reference to the function of the organisations as social and political pressure groups (1959) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political studies |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
Ruth Helen Butterworth CNZM (21 August 1934 – 29 January 2020) was a New Zealand political scientist at the University of Auckland from 1965 until her retirement.
Biography
[edit]Born in England, Butterworth studied at the University of Oxford, from where she graduated Master of Arts and, in 1959, DPhil.[1][2][3] The title of her doctoral thesis was The structure and organisation of some Catholic lay organisations in Australia and Great Britain: a comparative study with special reference to the function of the organisations as social and political pressure groups.[2]
Butterworth was appointed as a lecturer in political studies at the University of Auckland in 1965.[3] She was a member of the Labour Party and in 1975 she was speculated by media as a likely contender for the Labour Party candidacy for the Onehunga electorate following the retirement of Hugh Watt, but did not put herself forward.[4] She also taught African studies and trade unionism.[1] Her teaching influenced students who became leading politicians, including Helen Clark and Phil Goff.[1] She was a regular contributor to Zealandia, writing on topics including nuclear testing, the Vietnam war, and abortion.[1]
Between 1990 and 1991, Butterworth served as president of the Association of University Staff of New Zealand.[5]
In 1993, Butterworth was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[6] In the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to tertiary education.[7]
Butterworth died in Auckland on 29 January 2020.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Pond Eyley, Claudia; Salmon, Dan (2015). Helen Clark: Inside Stories. Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-838-1. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b Butterworth, Ruth H. (1959). The structure and organisation of some Catholic lay organisations in Australia and Great Britain: a comparative study with special reference to the function of the organisations as social and political pressure groups (DPhil). University of Oxford. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b Calendar 1993 (PDF). University of Auckland. 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Scramble is likely for Watt's seat". Auckland Star. 1 February 1975. p. 3.
- ^ "AUS tertiary update". Scoop Education. 21 June 2001. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2000 (including special list for East Timor)". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2000. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Ruth Butterworth death notice". New Zealand Herald. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Photograph of Butterworth in 1968. Oettli, Max Christian, 1947– :Photographs of New Zealand scenes. Ref: 35mm-101977-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
| International | |
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| National | |
| Other | |
- 1934 births
- 2020 deaths
- Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford
- English political scientists
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand political scientists
- Academic staff of the University of Auckland
- Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
- Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand women academics
- Women political scientists
- New Zealand Labour Party politicians