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Margaret Sparrow (Margaret June Muir) was born on 25 June, 1935 in Inglewood, New Zealand, is a New Zealand medical doctor, activist and author. Discover Margaret Sparrow's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?
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Margaret June Muir |
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| Age |
88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
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25 June, 1935 |
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25 June |
| Birthplace |
Inglewood, New Zealand |
| Nationality |
New Zealand
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She is a member of famous doctor with the age 88 years old group.
Margaret Sparrow Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Margaret Sparrow's Husband?
Her husband is Peter Charles Methven Sparrow (m. 1956-1982)
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Peter Charles Methven Sparrow (m. 1956-1982) |
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2 |
Margaret Sparrow Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Margaret Sparrow worth at the age of 88 years old? Margaret Sparrow’s income source is mostly from being a successful doctor. She is from New Zealand. We have estimated Margaret Sparrow's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
doctor |
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Timeline
Dame Margaret June Sparrow (née Muir, born 25 June 1935) is a New Zealand medical doctor, reproductive rights advocate, and author.
Sparrow was born in Inglewood on 25 June 1935 to Daniel James Muir and Jessie Isobel Muir (née McMillan), and was educated at Waitara District High School and New Plymouth Girls' High School.
She went on to study at Victoria University College from 1953 to 1955, graduating BSc; the University of Otago from 1957 to 1963, from where she graduated MB ChB; and the University of London, where she completed a Diploma in Venereology in 1976.
In 1956, she married Peter Charles Methven Sparrow, and the couple went on to have two children.
Sparrow started her career in health working at the student health centre at Victoria University of Wellington in the late 1960s.
At the time, the clinic would only allow contraception to be given to married couples, and she had to go against the wishes of the director of the clinic to put up an information display about contraception.
While working at the clinic, student demand for contraception led to her introducing the morning-after pill and helping students to get abortions.
Sparrow was the president of the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand from 1975 to 1980, and again from 1984 until 2011.
She is a Director of Istar Ltd, a not-for-profit company that imports the abortion pill mifepristone from France.
Between 1977 and 1999 she worked as a visiting venereologist at Wellington Hospital.
She worked as a medical officer at Student Health until 1981.
In the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sparrow was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to medicine and the community, and in 1993 she was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.
The pill was approved for use in 2001, and allowed women to have medical — rather than surgical — abortions for the first time.
No other pharmaceutical company was interested in importing the drug.
In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, she was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medicine and the community, and in 2009 she accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government.
The family planning clinic in Wellington is named after Sparrow.
Sparrow was a keen collector of contraceptive devices, which were later donated to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
In 2015, Sparrow stated that New Zealand's abortion law was out of date and should be reformed:Our [abortion] law is so old, it’s creaking at the seams ... It was devised at a time when only surgical options were there, people didn’t even dream of having a medical abortion pill you could take.
She is also critical of the way the current abortion system forces women to claim they need abortions on the grounds of a danger to mental health:
You have to have grounds for an abortion, and in New Zealand 98 per cent of the grounds are mental health, which I think is an absolute farce.
It’s just ticking boxes, and just putting people into categories, and just pretending that… having an abortion will be for the sake of your mental health.
Well, I think that’s all just barriers that are put up.
In 2015–16, Te Papa used them as the core of an exhibition on contraception.
