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Maiden Name:
Alexander
First Names:
Helen
Date of Birth:
1860
Date of death:
1952
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Died in Auckland. Member of the Dunedin Shakespeare Club, University of Otago Dramatic Society. Producer of drama.President of the Kindergarten Assn. Member of the YWCA. Member of the federation of graduate Women- Otago. Morris Matthews, 2008: 81
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BA
Otago
1891
teaching
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Yes
Yes
33
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1881
1881
Tokomairiro DHS
Tokomariro DHS
asst
B2 (1891) Otago EB
1
1894
1913
Otago Girls' High School
Otago Girls'
1902, Senior Mathematics mistress, Asst DP 1912
B2 (1900);DP 1912
29
1915
1917
Iona College
Iona College
HOD mathematics (relieving during WW!)
3
References
References
Page, Dot, 1992.
NZBDMRegister
Wallis, E.1972: 72;175;
Scholefield, 34
Evening Star, Obituary, 6 Sept 1952>
NZ Biographies (Nat.Lib) 1952 v.2.p.9
New Zealand Gazette 1900:1262
University of NZ 1905/6:188