Jean Wishart

Jean Boughton Wishart OBE (8 October 1920 – 16 November 2016) was a New Zealand journalist who was the editor of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly from 1952 until 1985.

Jean Wishart OBE
Born	Jean Boughton Wishart (1920-10-08)8 October 1920 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	16 November 2016(2016-11-16) (aged 96) Auckland, New Zealand
Known for	Editor of New Zealand Woman's Weekly (1952–1985)

Biography

Born in the Auckland suburb of Remuera on 8 October 1920, Wishart was the daughter of Florence Olivia Marianne Wishart (née Cadman) and Robert Wishart.^[1][2] She was educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School and joined the New Zealand Woman's Weekly as an office girl when she left school.^[3][4] She eventually rose to become the magazine's editor in 1952. During her 33-year tenure as editor—the longest in the magazine's history—circulation increased from about 100,000 to a peak of 250,000 in the early 1980s.^[4]

She served as a director of NZ News Ltd from 1975, and was a member of the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.^[4]

In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, Wishart was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to journalism.^[5]

Wishart never married. She died in Auckland on 16 November 2016 at the age of 96.^[4]