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'''Kate Evelyn Isitt''' (1876 - c.1955) was a [[New Zealand]] journalist and writer. |
'''Kate Evelyn Isitt''' (20 July, 1876 - c.1955) was a [[New Zealand]] journalist and writer. |
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Isitt was born in [[New Plymouth]], New Zealand, in 1876.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature|last=Robinson|first=Roger (ed.)|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1998|isbn=0 19 558348 5|location=Auckland|pages=260}}</ref> |
Isitt was born in [[New Plymouth]], New Zealand, in 1876, to Frank and Mary Isitt.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature|last=Robinson|first=Roger (ed.)|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|last=|first=|date=May 2016|website=|publisher=The 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" /> |
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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 Post'']] and its first women's page editor. She also founded the Wellington Pioneer Club for women. |
From 1907 to 1910 Isitt was a reporter for the newspaper [[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|''The Dominion Post'']] and its first women's page editor. She also founded the Wellington Pioneer Club for women. |
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Revision as of 11:47, 28 April 2016
Kate Evelyn Isitt (20 July, 1876 - c.1955) was a New Zealand journalist and writer.
Isitt was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand, in 1876, to Frank and Mary Isitt.[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]
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 newspaper The Dominion Post and its first women's page editor. She also founded the Wellington Pioneer Club for women.
In 1920 Isitt travelled to England and attended women's suffrage meetings; she continued to work as a journalist as London correspondent for the Manchester Guardian newspaper.[1] While in London, she came into contact with other expatriate writers such as Dora Wilcox and Edith Searle Grossmann.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Robinson, Roger (ed.) (1998). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Auckland: Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 0 19 558348 5.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "Touchstone" (PDF). The Methodist Publishing Company. May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Moffat, Kirstine (2012-06-08). "Edith Searle Grossmann, 1863–1931". Kōtare : New Zealand Notes & Queries. Retrieved 28 April 2016.