Jane Tolerton

Jane Tolerton (born 24 April 1957) is a New Zealand biographer, journalist and historian.

Biography Tolerton was born in Auckland and attended the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, completing a Bachelor of Arts in history and American studies and a Diploma in Journalism. After graduating, she worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine feature writer, winning the Dulux News Award and the Cowan Prize for historical journalism. In 1993, her biography of Ettie Rout won the New Zealand Book Award for non-fiction and the PEN best first book prize. In 2014, Tolerton received a grant of $12,000 from The New Zealand History Research Trust Fund to research the role that New Zealand women played overseas in World War I. her book on the topic, Make Her Praises Heard Afar, was published in 2017. Ettie: A Life of Ettie Rout (Penguin Books, 1992) Ettie Rout: New Zealand’s safer sex pioneer (Penguin Books, 2015) Make Her Praises Heard Afar: New Zealand women overseas in World War One (Booklovers Books, 2017) But I Changed All That: 'First' New Zealand Women (Booklovers Books, 2018)