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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" /> |
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. 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 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|''Manchester Guardian'']] newspaper.<ref name=":0" /> While in London, she came into contact with other expatriate writers such as [[Dora Wilcox]] and [[Edith Searle Grossmann]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Moffat|first=Kirstine|date=2012-06-08|title=Edith Searle Grossmann, 1863–1931|url=http://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/kotare/article/view/772|journal=Kōtare : New Zealand Notes & Queries|doi=|pmid=|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> |
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|''Manchester Guardian'']] newspaper.<ref name=":0" /> While in London, she came into contact with other expatriate writers such as [[Dora Wilcox]] and [[Edith Searle Grossmann]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Moffat|first=Kirstine|date=2012-06-08|title=Edith Searle Grossmann, 1863–1931|url=http://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/kotare/article/view/772|journal=Kōtare : New Zealand Notes & Queries|doi=|pmid=|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> |
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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. 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 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 d 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 c "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.