Cath Tizard - Mayor and Governor General

Cath Tizard was the first female mayor of Auckland sometime in the '50's, and she later became the first female Governor General.

It was the custom for the Governor General's wife to become the President of the Girl Guides, but since Cath Tizard had no spouse, and in any case since she was a woman, she was invited to become the President. It fell to our hostess Judy Baird, who was the Chief Commissionaer of the Girl Guides at that time, to invite her to assume the presidency. Upon learning that Cath was not a Girl Guide herself, she needed to be inducted, which Judy proceeded to do.

Cath, flinging her arms up in delight, yelled "At last"!" She was 70 years old.

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