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Kate Edger : the life of a pioneering feminist

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  • Other Name

    Life of a pioneering feminist (Alternate title)

  • Description

    In 1877, Kate Edger became the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. The New Zealand Herald enthusiastically hailed her achievement as 'the first rays of the rising sun of female intellectual advancement'. Edger went on to become a pioneer of women's education in New Zealand. She also worked tirelessly to mitigate violence against women and children and to fortify their rights through progressive legislation.

    She campaigned for women's suffrage and played a prominent role in the Women's Christian Temperance Union and in Wellington's Society for the Protection of Women and Children. Later in life she advocated international diplomacy and co-operation through her work for the League of Nations Union. Diana Morrow tells the story of this remarkable New Zealand woman's life and, in the process, provides valuable insights into the role of women social reformers in our history and Edger's place within a distinctive strand of nineteenth-century Christian feminism

  • Place
    Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    HQ1865.5.Z75E3 MOR (Library of Congress Call Number)

    92726 (Cat ID)

    92497 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Kate Edger : the life of a pioneering feminist
  • Other Name

    Life of a pioneering feminist (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

    Diana Morrow

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Otago University Press, Te Whare Ta o Te Wananga o Otakou
  • Place
    Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Date
    2021
  • Physical Description

    276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9781988592640
    198859264X
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Women

    New Zealand

  • Content
    Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction: Equal rights, superior morals
    1. To the Promised land -- 2. 'A lady admitted' -- 3. 'Eminent success in her profession' -- 4. Founding headmistress -- 5. A reforming partnership: the Forward movement -- 6. Suffrage and the demon drink -- 7. Protection and redemption -- 8. Compulsory domesticity -- 9. War, social purity and moral fibre -- 10. A joint community in a happy family of nations -- 11. Last years -- Epilogue
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Edger, Kate, 1857-1935; Women--Biography--New Zealand; Women social reformers--Biography--New Zealand; Women educators--Biography--New Zealand; Women educators; Women social reformers]

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  • Collection Type
    General Collection
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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