About Jessie Isabel Hetherington
Lived 1882 – 1971 (aged 89). Jessie Isabel Hetherington was a New Zealand academic.
Jessie Isabel Hetherington (2 January 1882 – 28 February 1971) was a New Zealand headmistress, lecturer and school inspector. She was born in Thames, Thames/Coromandel, New Zealand on 2 January 1882.
Hetherington was the first New Zealand woman graduate to teach at an English secondary school, which she did 1913–14, and was also the first woman secondary school Inspector in New Zealand, a role she filled from 1926 to 1942.
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Who was Jessie Isabel Hetherington?
Headmistress, lecturer, school inspector (1882-1971)
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Jessie Isabel Hetherington was born on 2 January 1882.
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Jessie Isabel Hetherington died on 28 February 1971.
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Jessie Isabel Hetherington was an academic.
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Jessie Isabel Hetherington was New Zealand.
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