Awards/Honours
Marjorie Parker was appointed a DBE in the New Year Honours List of 1977 for distinguished community service. She had been first honoured for her charitable work in Launceston, Tasmania when appointed an MBE in 1950 and promoted to OBE in the Birthday Honours List of 1970. The City of Launceston granted her the "Freedom of the City" in 1984; she was the first woman to be so honoured.
Read more about this topic: Marjorie Parker
Famous quotes containing the word honours:
“If a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the novelist honours the relationship in itself, it will be a great novel.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)