Robina Thomson Cameron

Robina Thomson Cameron (15 April 1892 – 28 June 1971), known as Ruby Cameron, was a New Zealand district nurse, community leader and nursing inspector. She was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on 15 April 1892. In 1931, Cameron was appointed as district nurse at Rotorua, by the Department of Public Health. While in Rotorua, Cameron was involved in the establishment of the Women's Health League, and remained its president from its formation in 1937, until her death in 1971. The Women's Health League had strong ties to Te Arawa (a confederation of Māori tribes), and it supported typhoid inoculations and other health initiatives. For her involvement in this, Cameron was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1938.