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Mary Ronnie
QSO
Ronnie in 1978
New Zealand National Librarian
In office
1976–1981
Personal details
Born
Mary Allan Ronnie

(1926-06-12)12 June 1926
Glasgow, Scotland
Died17 March 2023(2023-03-17) (aged 96)
Spouse
Peter O'Connor
(m. 1981; died 1994)
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Occupation
  • Librarian
  • historian

Mary Allan Ronnie QSO (12 June 1926 – 17 March 2023) was a New Zealand librarian. She was New Zealand's first female National Librarian, from 1976 to 1981, and the first woman in the world to head a national library. Before becoming National Librarian she was head of Dunedin Public Library, and afterwards she served as Auckland City Librarian.[1]

  1. ^ Millen, Julia (22 October 2014). "Mary Ronnie, National Librarian, 1978". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

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