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Dorothy Mary Neal White

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Dorothy Mary Neal White {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=85%}} (22 December 1915 – 12 February 1995) was a notable New Zealand librarian and writer. She was born in Christchurch, North Canterbury, New Zealand in 1915, and educated at Avonside Girls' High School.^[1]

In 1933 Dorothy became a library assistant at the Canterbury Public Library.^[1]

In 1936 Dorothy became Children's Librarian at the Dunedin Public Libraries. She later worked there again from 1957 as head of children's services until her retirement in 1974.^[1]

When in 1939 Dorothy married a noted Dunedin second-hand-book seller, Richard (Dick) Desmond White, she continued to work under her maiden name as the City Council required women to resign on marriage.^[1]

After the death of her first husband in 1967, Dorothy married Dunedin doctor Robert Edmund Ballantyne in 1968.^[1]

In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service.^[2]

The Dorothy Neal White Collection, held by the National Library of New Zealand contains over 8,000 titles of pre-1940s children's literature.^[3]

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1. ^¹²³⁴{{DNZB|title=Dorothy Mary Neal White|first= M. E.|last= Atwool|id=5w23|accessdate=23 April 2017}}
2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=53697 |date=11 June 1994 |page=34 |supp=y }}
3. ^National Library of New Zealand. "Dorothy Neal White Collection". http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z-of-all-collections/dorothy-neal-white-collection. Retrieved April 2012.

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