Elizabeth Anne Reid
Elizabeth Anne Reid | |
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Reid in 1973 | |
| Born | 3 July 1942 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Australian National University (B.A. Hons) Somerville College, Oxford (B.Phil.) |
| Organisation(s) | United Nations Australian National University |
| Awards | Order of Australia |
Elizabeth Anne Reid AO, FASSA, (born 3 July 1942) is an Australian development practitioner, feminist and academic with a distinguished career in and significant contribution to national and international public service. She founded, established and worked with a number of pioneering and specialised United Nations institutions, government agencies and non-governmental organisations. Reid was appointed the world's first advisor on women's affairs to a head of government by the Australian Labor Government of Gough Whitlam in 1973.