Margaret Tennant

Margaret Anne Tennant is a New Zealand historian, currently Professor Emeritus at Massey University.

Tennant's master's thesis, completed in 1976 at Massey University, was called Matrons with a mission, and was a study of women's organisations 1893–1915. Her doctoral thesis was completed in 1981, and concerned the charitable aid system in New Zealand.

Tennant has written for Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

Tennant was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2009 and is currently on the Council. In 2017, Tennant was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. Paupers & providers : charitable aid in New Zealand Allen & Unwin, 1989. Children's health, the nation's wealth : a history of children's health camps Bridget Williams Books, 1994. Through the prison gate : 125 years of prisoners' aid and rehabilitation New Zealand Prisoners' Aid & Rehabilitation Society, 2002. Matrons with a mission : women's organisations in New Zealand, 1893–1915 MA Thesis, Massey University, 1976 http://hdl.handle.net/10179/5755