Helen Simpson (lecturer)
Helen Macdonald Simpson (21 November 1890 – 6 November 1960) was a notable New Zealand teacher, university lecturer and writer. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1890.[1] Norman Richmond was her younger brother.[2]
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| Born | 21 November 1890 |
| Died | 6 November 1960 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Canterbury College, University of London |
| Occupation | teacher |
Life
She graduated from Canterbury College, and from the University of London with a PhD. She taught at Christchurch Training College. She was the first New Zealand woman to be awarded a doctorate, and also the first New Zealand woman to teach at a New Zealand university.[3]
On 29 January 1927, she married Arthur Barrows Simpson. She wrote The women of New Zealand, a social history survey, which was published in 1940 as part of a government programme to mark 100 years of colonisation of New Zealand.[1]
References
- Labrum, Bronwyn. "Helen Macdonald Simpson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- Horton, Christopher. "Norman Macdonald Richmond". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- Kay Morris Matthews (September 2003). "'Imagining Home': women graduate teachers abroad 1880-1930". History of Education. 32 (5): 529–545. doi:10.1080/0046760032000118327. ISSN 0046-760X. Wikidata Q104839545.
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