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Maxine
Hayes, International
President 1980 - 1983
Maxine Hays was very special to me. She was
elected International President at the happiest
of times, our Golden Anniversary Congress
in Montreux in May 1980, the first time I
had attended an international congress.
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Patience
Thoms OBE, past
International President 1968-1971
Patience Thoms passed away on 2 March 2006
at the age of 91. Patience was the first
International President from Australia.
Patience received an OBE for service to
improve the status of women in 1970 from
the Queen in Brisbane. She was awarded the
Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977,
the Key to the City of Seoul, South Korea
and the Key to the City of San Jose in Central
America in 1970. She received BPW International’s
Badge of Honour in 1999.
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Katherine
Graham Peden, Past National President
of BPW USA in 1961
Katherine Graham Peden passed away on 8
January 2006 at the age of 80. She helped
create over 148,000 jobs during her term
as the State Department of Commerce commissioner
in 1964-1968. Three U.S. presidents, John
F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter,
named Katherine Peden to high-level advisory
groups. She aided several Kentucky governors
as an advisor in crafting economic development
strategy. She chaired BPW International’s
History Taskforce and produced two BPW History
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Mildred Head,
11th IFBPW President, died on June 21, 1998.
Aged 92
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Margaret
Pronyk, Past
National President of BPW Canada
BPW Canada lost one of our Past National
presidents September 13, 2007. Margaret
Pronyk died after a difficult illness, and
she will be missed by her BPW friends across
the country. Margaret had been a member
of our organization for over 30 years, most
of those years in BPW Thompson, where she
filled many roles including club president,
and the last few years as a member of BPW
Penticton. She served a total of 12 years
on the National Board, and was president
of our Canadian Federation from 2000 to
2002. Her belief in what BPW stood for was
strong and she put her whole heart and soul
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