Bernice Elizabeth Shackleton QSM (14 November 1901 – 3 December 1998) was a New Zealand journalist and writer.
[1] Shackleton reported on court news, however she resigned her position after a judge ordered her to leave the courtroom due to the "unsavoury" nature of the case under discussion.
She held this position for five years,[5] and was responsible for the leader page, editorials, a column and a feature titled "A Woman's Point of View".
[1] In the 1930s, Shackleton was the founding president of the Christchurch Business and Professional Women's Round Table Club.
[3] In 1939, Shackleton returned to Waimate to care for her elderly parents, and during World War II she was secretary of the Waimate Women's War Service Auxiliary, the Lady Galway Guild and the local commander of the Women's Transport Corps.