Eveline Willett Cunnington

Eveline Willett Cunnington (23 April 1849 – 30 July 1916) was a New Zealand social reformer, feminist, lecturer and writer. Cunnington was a strong advocate against the exploitation of children and young women and for prison reform. In later years, she advocated for socialism and labor reform. in May 1879 he was appointed Harbour Master, etc, at Port Lincoln, and Collector of Jetty Dues, at Louth Bay; in July 1880 he was Clerk of the Local Court at Strathalbyn; and in July 1881 he was registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, for the district of Strathalbyn.

Cunnington had five children in Australia, two of whom died as infants.

In August 1883, on a visit to Cunnington's family at Castle Devizes, Wiltshire, England, Capel died of a heart attack. He had taken leave and travelled to England for his health.

She and her children then emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand. On 18 December 1884, she married Herbert James Cunnington, an electrical engineer, in Leithfield. The couple had one daughter.

Later life

In 1891, Cunnington became a member of the ladies' committee of the Canterbury Female Refuge, which assisted unmarried pregnant women,

Cunnington also wanted to add more female employees in the prison system to combat the sexual exploitation of female inmates by male employees. She also campaigned for the education of prisoners. Cunnington assisted many young women released from prison, providing clothes and accommodation, often in her own home. Her written works were published posthumously in 1918.