Career
She was president of the National Council of Women (1978–1982), a member and later chair of the Consumer Council (1975–1988) and chair of the Abortion Supervisory Committee (1979–1980). She was the first woman to hold the latter two positions. Boyd was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1983 New Year Honours, and then in the 1986 Queen"s Birthday Honours, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the same order, for public and community services.
Boyd died in Lower Hutt in 2011.
