Eliza Gordon

Eliza "Leilah" Gordon (née Urquhart; 29 January 1877 – 15 June 1938) was a New Zealand nurse, midwife and welfare worker.

Gordon was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 29 January 1877, emigrating with her family to Dunedin in 1880. In 1902 she married William Gordon who she met while they were both working at the Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, he as a painter and she as an attendant. By this time William was unwell; he was forced to give up work and returned to Dunedin leaving Gordon in difficult circumstances. She later became a visiting nurse working for the Child Welfare Branch of the Department of Education with disadvantaged children, particularly with those who were illegitimate. She retired from that position in 1932 after which she probably worked as a maternity nurse.

She died in Dunedin on 15 June 1938.

Publications 'After events'. Kai Tiaki: the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume IV, Issue 1, 1 January 1911, p. 32 Gordon, Leilah. (1935). Poems. Dunedin: S.N. Brown & Co.