the New Zealand Association for Women in Science (AWIS). In 2013, the New Zealand AWIS launched an award for excellence in science mentoring and titled the award in honour of Dell. The biennial Miriam Dell Award is awarded to someone who demonstrates outstanding mentoring efforts to retain females in science, mathematics and technology. References External links Order of New Zealand members 1924 births 2022 deaths New Zealand Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire New Zealand women's rights activists New Zealand women activists New Zealand Anglicans People from Wellington City Members of the Order of New Zealand Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 New Zealand justices of the peace People educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School 20th-century New Zealand botanists