Economist dies
NZPA London The British economist, Dame Barbara Ward, has died at her home in southern England after a long illness. She was 67. ■ Her death was announced by the International Institute for Environment and De-
velopment, of which she was president. Dame Barbara, who was made a life peer five years ago with the title of Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, was at various times assistant editor of the “Economist” magazine and a governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Through her writings and lectures she primarily sought
a iairer share-out of the world's resources between rich and poor nations. In 1967 Dame Barbara was appointed to the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace and in 1971 became the first woman to address a synod of bishops in the Vatican. Last year she was awarded India’s Jawarhalal Nehru Memorial Award for international understanding and gave the money from the prize to an Indian leper colony she had long supported. At the time of her death she was working on a book, with an American environmentalist, Erik Eckholm, on global environment and social justice.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19810602.2.63.12
Bibliographic details
Press, 2 June 1981, Page 9
Word Count
184Economist dies Press, 2 June 1981, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.