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'''Eleanor Phoebe Smith''' (née '''Macleod''', 1828–1913) was a New Zealand suffragist and magazine editor. She was considered one of the pioneers of the woman suffrage movement in New Zealand.<ref name=":0">{{ |
'''Eleanor Phoebe Smith''' (née '''Macleod''', 1828–1913) was a New Zealand suffragist and magazine editor. She was considered one of the pioneers of the woman suffrage movement in New Zealand.<ref name=":0">{{DNZB |last=Lovell-Smith |first=Margaret |id=2s32 |title=Smith, Lucy Masey |access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/suffragist/eleanor-p-smith|title=Eleanor P Smith {{!}} NZHistory, New Zealand history online|website=nzhistory.govt.nz|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:31, 6 April 2020
Eleanor Phoebe Smith (née Macleod, 1828–1913) was a New Zealand suffragist and magazine editor. She was considered one of the pioneers of the woman suffrage movement in New Zealand.[1][2]
Biography
Smith was born in Bristol, England and married James Thomas Smith in 1849. The couple emigrated to New Zealand with their four children in 1860. The family settled in Christchurch and a further two children were born there.[1]
Smith was a feminist who joined the New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Canterbury Women's Institute. She was present at the first meeting of the National Council of Women in 1896 and was still a vice president of the Women's Institute at the time of her death. She was an active member of the St Albans Methodist Church and president of the church's Ladies' Guild.[2]
In 1885, Smith became the editor of the magazine New Zealand Titbits.[1] She wrote under the pen name "Vesta".[3]
References
- ^ a b c Lovell-Smith, Margaret. "Smith, Lucy Masey". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Eleanor P Smith | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ The Women's Suffrage Petition, 1893. Bridget Williams Books. 2017.
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