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Jean Wishart
Born
Jean Boughton Wishart

(1920-10-08)8 October 1920
Auckland, New Zealand
Died16 November 2016(2016-11-16) (aged 96)
Auckland, New Zealand
Known forEditor of New Zealand Woman's Weekly (1952–1985)

Jean Boughton Wishart OBE (8 October 1920 – 16 November 2016) was a New Zealand journalist who was the editor of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly from 1952 until 1985.

Biography

Born in the Auckland suburb of Remuera on 8 October 1920, Wishart was the daughter of Florence Olivia Marianne Wishart (née Cadman) and Robert Wishart.[1][2] She joined the New Zealand Woman's Weekly as an office girl when she left school. She eventually rose to become the magazine's editor in 1952. During her 33-year tenure as editor—the longest in the magazine's history—circulation increased from about 100,000 to a peak of 250,000 in the early 1980s.[3]

She served as a director of NZ News Ltd from 1975, and was a member of the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.[3]

In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, Wishart was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to journalism.[4]

Wishart never married. She died in Auckland on 16 November 2016 at the age of 96.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Death search: registration number 2016/30878". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Births". New Zealand Herald. 12 October 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Akoorie, Natalie (16 November 2016). "Legendary Woman's Weekly editor Jean Wishart dies aged 96". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. ^ "No. 50155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1985. p. 30.