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

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(WAGGGS).

Biography

Joyce Price was born in

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.Obituary, The Age, Melbourne, 22 October 2009. She married Sir Robert Price, the leading organic chemist. Lady Price died in

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at the age of 94.

Girl Guide movement

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.Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
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for Lady

Olave Baden-Powell Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell (''née'' Soames; 22 February 1889 – 25 June 1977) was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting and co-founder o ...

, the World Chief Guide. Earlier she was Victorian Commissioner (1963–1968) and Chief Commissioner for Australia (1968–1973). She was vice-president from 1985 to 1994 of the Olave Baden-Powell Society, a financial support organisation for WAGGGS.

Honours and awards

The headquarters of Guides Victoria is named the Joyce Price Centre in her honour. She was awarded the

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(OBE) in 1968 and Companion of the

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(CMG) in 1978. She was awarded the

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in 1967.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Joyce 1915 births 2009 deaths Chairs of the World Board (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) Officers of the Order of the British Empire Scouting and Guiding in Australia People from Nuriootpa, South Australia Recipients of the Silver Fish Award