Donley 's contributions to the politics of childbirth were publicly recognized in various ways . In the 1990 New Year Honours , she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire , for services to midwifery , and was awarded both the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal and the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 . In 1997 , she was awarded an honorary master 's degree in midwifery from the Auckland Institute of Technology , and in 2001 the New Zealand College of Midwives established the Joan Donley Midwifery Research Collaboration as its research arm
New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
Joan Donley