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, England in 1852. Living in Gisborne she represented the Women's Democratic Union in the founding year of the National Council of Women of New Zealand (1896), and served as a Vice President from 1897 to 1900. She also served as secretary of the Anti-Chinese League (Otago Daily Times, 18 April 1896, p6).

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