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Janet Fraser (nee Munro, 31 January 1883–7 March 1945) was a New Zealand community leader. She was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 31 January 1883. == Biography == Fraser grew up and was educated in Glasgow where she taught orphans and had been influenced by the writings of Robert Blatchford.〔 She left for Auckland, New Zealand in 1909 with her first husband, Frederick Kemp and her son, Harold. In Wellington, she met Peter Fraser, who she worked with during the flu epidemic in 1918.〔 After her divorce from Kemp, she married Peter Fraser in 1919.〔 Fraser donated much of her time to child welfare and health issues in New Zealand. In the late 1930s, Fraser recommended efforts to help pregnant women have access to pain medication during childbirth. When her husband became Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1940, she traveled with him and acted as a "political adviser, researcher, gatekeeper and personal support system."〔 During World War II, she was in charge of the official women's war effort and brought Polish refugee children to New Zealand.〔 In August 1943, she greeted Eleanor Roosevelt on her visit to New Zealand. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janet Fraser」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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