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'''Kate Evelyn Isitt''' (20 July |
'''Kate Evelyn Isitt''' (20 July 1876 – 24 January 1948) was a New Zealand journalist and writer. |
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==Biography== |
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Isitt was born in [[New Plymouth]], New Zealand, |
Isitt was born in [[New Plymouth]], New Zealand, on 20 July 1876, to [[Frank Isitt|Francis Whitmore Isitt]] and Mary Campbell Isitt (née Purdie).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature|editor-last=Robinson|editor-first=Roger|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1998|isbn=0-19-558348-5|location=Auckland|pages=260}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.methodist.org.nz/files/docs/mcnz%20admin%20office/touchstone/2016/touchstone%20may%202016%20web.pdf|title=Touchstone|date=May 2016|publisher=Methodist Publishing Company|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> Her father was a [[Wesleyanism|Wesleyan]] minister and the family moved around the country for a number of years. She completed her secondary schooling at [[Nelson College for Girls]] in 1891.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Births |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH18760722.2.12 |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=[[Taranaki Herald]] |volume =XXIV |issue=2430 |date=22 July 1876 |page=2}}</ref> |
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She worked for her uncle, Member of Parliament and leader of the [[ |
She worked for her uncle, Member of Parliament and leader of the [[prohibition]] movement [[Leonard Isitt (minister)|Leonard Isitt]], in [[Wellington]] in the early 1900s as his private secretary. Isitt later wrote a novel based on the development of the Prohibition movement, ''Patmos'', which was published in 1905 under the [[pseudonym]] Kathleen Inglewood.<ref name=":0" /> |
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From 1907 to 1910 Isitt was a reporter for the newspaper [[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|''The Dominion |
From 1907 to 1910 Isitt was a reporter for the Wellington newspaper [[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|''The Dominion'']] and its first [[women's page]] editor. Under the name "Dominica" she wrote a regular feature titled "Women's World – Matters of Interest from Far and Near".<ref name=":1" /> She also founded the Wellington Pioneer Club for women.<ref name=":0" /> |
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In 1910 Isitt travelled to England and came into contact with other expatriate writers such as [[Dora Wilcox]] and [[Edith Searle Grossmann]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Moffat|first=Kirstine|date=2012 |
In 1910 Isitt travelled to England and came into contact with other expatriate writers such as [[Dora Wilcox]] and [[Edith Searle Grossmann]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Moffat|first=Kirstine|date=8 June 2012|title=Edith Searle Grossmann, 1863–1931 | url=http://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/kotare/article/view/772|journal=Kōtare: New Zealand Notes & Queries|volume=7 |doi=10.26686/knznq.v7i1.772 |access-date=28 April 2016|doi-access=free}}</ref> She continued to work as a journalist as London correspondent for the ''[[Manchester Guardian]]'' newspaper.<ref name=":0" /> She wrote for the newspaper until her retirement in 1944. |
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Isitt died in [[Kensington]], London, in 1948.<ref name=":1" /> |
Isitt died in [[Kensington]], London, in 1948.<ref name=":1" /> |
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Latest revision as of 04:27, 26 August 2024
Kate Isitt | |
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| Born | Kate Evelyn Isitt 20 July 1876 New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Died | 24 January 1948 (aged 71) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist and journalist |
| Relatives | Frank Isitt (father) Leonard Isitt (uncle) |
Kate Evelyn Isitt (20 July 1876 – 24 January 1948) was a New Zealand journalist and writer.
Biography
[edit]Isitt was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand, on 20 July 1876, to Francis Whitmore Isitt and Mary Campbell Isitt (née Purdie).[1][2] Her father was a Wesleyan minister and the family moved around the country for a number of years. She completed her secondary schooling at Nelson College for Girls in 1891.[2][3]
She worked for her uncle, Member of Parliament and leader of the prohibition movement Leonard Isitt, in Wellington in the early 1900s as his private secretary. Isitt later wrote a novel based on the development of the Prohibition movement, Patmos, which was published in 1905 under the pseudonym Kathleen Inglewood.[1]
From 1907 to 1910 Isitt was a reporter for the Wellington newspaper The Dominion and its first women's page editor. Under the name "Dominica" she wrote a regular feature titled "Women's World – Matters of Interest from Far and Near".[2] She also founded the Wellington Pioneer Club for women.[1]
In 1910 Isitt travelled to England and came into contact with other expatriate writers such as Dora Wilcox and Edith Searle Grossmann.[4] She continued to work as a journalist as London correspondent for the Manchester Guardian newspaper.[1] She wrote for the newspaper until her retirement in 1944.
Isitt died in Kensington, London, in 1948.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Robinson, Roger, ed. (1998). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Auckland: Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 0-19-558348-5.
- ^ a b c d "Touchstone" (PDF). Methodist Publishing Company. May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Births". Taranaki Herald. Vol. XXIV, no. 2430. 22 July 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Moffat, Kirstine (8 June 2012). "Edith Searle Grossmann, 1863–1931". Kōtare: New Zealand Notes & Queries. 7. doi:10.26686/knznq.v7i1.772. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
Categories:
- 1876 births
- 1948 deaths
- People from New Plymouth
- 20th-century New Zealand novelists
- 20th-century New Zealand journalists
- 20th-century New Zealand women journalists
- People educated at Nelson College for Girls
- New Zealand emigrants to England
- The Guardian journalists
- 20th-century New Zealand women writers
- Women's page journalists
- Isitt–Caverhill family
- New Zealand expatriates in England