Interview with Baroness Gardner Available to Purchase

The Baroness Gardner of Parkes, the United Kingdom Representative on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, is someone well used to serving on committees and has a substantial record of working in womens fields. She was born near Sydney, Australia in a large family in which public service was, regarded as an enjoyable duty. After completing her training as a dental surgeon, she moved to London where her three daughters were born. Lady Gardner is a Justice of the Peace and has been Chairman of the British Section of the European Union of Women, and a member of the Advisory Committee on Womens Employment in the UK. Her appointment to the Status of Womens Committee was made early in 1982.