About Laura Jane Suisted
Lived 1840 – 1903 (aged 63). Laura Jane Suisted was a New Zealand journalist.
Laura Jane Suisted (born Laura Eyre; 1 January 1840 – 7 September 1903) was a New Zealand writer, journalist and parliamentary reporter. She is regarded as a pioneer women journalist in New Zealand.
Biography Suisted was born in Greasbrough, Yorkshire, England, on 1 January 1840. She was the only child of plumber Abel Eyre and his wife, Mary Lee. In 1878, the Otago Witness began publishing her stories, poems and sketches.
Memberships New Zealand Institute of Journalists Royal Geographical Society of Australasia Her husband remarried in 1904, and died in 1910.
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Who was Laura Jane Suisted?
writer, journalist, parliamentary reporter
When was Laura Jane Suisted born?
Laura Jane Suisted was born on 1 January 1840 in Greasbrough.
When did Laura Jane Suisted die?
Laura Jane Suisted died on 7 September 1903 in Westport.
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Laura Jane Suisted was a journalist.
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Laura Jane Suisted was New Zealand.
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