About Emily Hill
Lived 1847 – 1930 (aged 82). Emily Hill was a New Zealand suffragette, suffragist, teacher and temperance worker.
Emily Hill (, 5 September 1847 – 27 August 1930) was a New Zealand teacher, temperance worker and suffragist.
Biography
Hill was born on 5 September 1847 in Lye, Worcestershire, England. She immigrated to Christchurch in 1873 with her husband Henry Hill, who had proposed to her less than a month before their departure for New Zealand. On 11 October 1875 she received her teacher's certificate from the education office of Canterbury, New Zealand. Between 1875 and 1878, he was headmaster at Christchurch East School and she was in charge of the infants' department. They moved to Napier, where she became prominent in women's suffrage.
Hill died on 27 August 1930 in Napier.
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Teacher, temperance worker, suffragist
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Emily Hill was born on 5 September 1847.
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Emily Hill died on 27 August 1930 in Napier, New Zealand.
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Emily Hill was a suffragette, suffragist, teacher and temperance worker.
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Emily Hill was New Zealand.
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