Patricia Jean Rosier (21 January 1942 – 12 June 2014) was a

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writer, editor and feminist activist. Born and educated in Auckland into a working-class family, after marriage and raising two children she came out as a lesbian in the 1980s and went on to play a leading role in the second wave of New Zealand's Women's Movement, including editing

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for six years. In her later years she lived with Prue Hyman in

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, north of

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Non-fiction

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'' Editor (1986 to 1992) * ''Broadsheet, twenty years of Broadsheet Magazine selected and introduced by Pat Rosier.'' 1992. New Women's Press, Auckland, NZ. * ''Get used to it!: children of gay and lesbian parents'' Pat Rosier and Myra Hauschild,

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, 1999. * ''Women's studies: conference papers 1982'' Hilary Lapsley, Pat Rosier, Claire-Louise McCurdy and Candis Craven, 1982. * ''The 14th Conference of the Women's Studies Association (N.Z.) : "Raranga wahine"'' Editing by Pat Rosier. 1988. * ''Workwise: a guide to managing workplace relationships'' Pat Rosier,

, 2001. * ''No body's perfect: a self-help book for women who have problems with food'' Jasbindar Singh and Pat Rosier New Women's Press, 1989. * ''No body's perfect: dealing with food problems'' Jasbindar Singh and Pat Rosier, Attic Press, 1990. * ''Lesbians in front, up front, out front'' Pat Rosier, book chapter in ''Heading nowhere in a navy blue suit: and other tales from the feminist revolution'' Susan Jane Kedgley and Mary Varnham Daphne Brasell Associates Press, 1993. * ''Women's studies tutor kit'' Candis Crave, Margot Roth, Claire-Louise McCurdy and Pat Rosier, Auckland Workers' Educational Association, Women's Studies Sub-Committee, 1983. * ''Women and Education'' Pat Rosier chapter in ''Perspectives on women today : lecture series, Term I, 1986.''

Fiction

* ''Poppy's return'' Pat Rosier, Spinifex, 2004 * ''Poppy's progress'' Pat Rosier, Spinifex, 2002 *
Stones gathered together : a collection of stories and thoughts
'' Pat Rosier,

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, 2012. *
Take it easy
' Pat Rosier,

, 2008. *
Where the heArt is
' Pat Rosier,

, 2013.

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blog. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosier, Pat 1942 births 2014 deaths New Zealand LGBT novelists 21st-century New Zealand novelists University of Auckland alumni New Zealand editors New Zealand magazine editors New Zealand feminists People from Paekākāriki 20th-century New Zealand novelists

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