Harriet Russell Morison

Harriet Russell Morison (1862 – 19 August 1925) was a New Zealand tailor, trade unionist, suffragist and public servant.

Early life Morison was born in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland in 1862. She came to New Zealand with her parents in 1867 or 1874 and settled in Dunedin. Her father, James Morison, was a master tailor, and her first occupation was as a tailoress. She was active in the Bible Christian Church, as a lay preacher (one of the first female preachers in New Zealand) and as a chairwoman of the Unitarian Church Committee.

Morison is one of six figures honoured in the Kate Sheppard National Memorial in Christchurch, which was unveiled in 1993 on the 100th anniversary of suffrage in New Zealand.