Mary Muller

Mary Ann Müller ( Wilson and then Griffiths; 22 September 1820 – 18 July 1901) was a New Zealand campaigner for women's suffrage and, more generally, women's rights. She is described by the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography as "New Zealand's pioneer suffragist".

Life Müller was born in London on the 22 September 1820. Little is known about the background of her mother, Mary Cott. Her father, James Norris, was an insurance and stock broker. Her parents never legally married each other. Cott provided the last name Wilson on official records for Müller and her sisters. She received a letter of support and congratulations from John Stuart Mill. Unwilling, because of her husband's position, to become a public activist, Müller nonetheless met William Fox in private to discuss her views. According to the Brooklyn Museum, "the Married Women's Property Act of 1870 incorporated many of her ideas".

She revealed her identity only in 1898, seven years after her husband's death. She died in Blenheim on 18 July 1901 and was interred at the Omaka Cemetery.