Biography.guide
Home › People › Peace activist › Millicent Baxter
Portrait of Millicent Baxter

Millicent Baxter

1888 – 1984

New Zealand activist

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Millicent Baxter

Lived 1888 – 1984 (aged 96). Millicent Baxter was a New Zealand peace activist.

Millicent Amiel Baxter (8 January 1888 – 3 July 1984) was a New Zealand peace activist and pacifist.

Early life Baxter was the eldest daughter of John Macmillan Brown, one of the founding professors of Canterbury University College, Christchurch, and Helen Connon, the principal of Christchurch Girls' High School and first woman graduate with honours in the British Empire. Baxter and her sister Viola grew up in a large Fendalton mansion with a governess and lessons from her mother.

After her mother died in 1903, Baxter went to live with relatives in Sydney and was educated there at the Presbyterian Ladies' College and at the University of Sydney, graduating with a B.A. in Latin, French and German in 1908.

Adult life In 1909, Baxter and her father travelled to England and Europe together. After his return to New Zealand, she entered Newnham College, Cambridge, to study languages, and then went on to Germany to study German and old French. Baxter was hospitalised for a broken hip in 1983 and died in 1984.

In November 2015, Penny Griffith's biography of Baxter's life was published, "Out of the Shadows: The life of Millicent Baxter".

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Newnham College, University of Sydney, Cambridge, England
Also known as
Millicent Amiel Baxter, Millicent Macmillan Brown

Family & relationships

Spouse
Archibald Baxter
Child
James K. Baxter
Parent
Helen Connon
Parent
John Macmillan Brown

People in Millicent Baxter's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Millicent Baxter's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Millicent Baxter?

New Zealand activist

When was Millicent Baxter born?

Millicent Baxter was born on 8 January 1888 in Christchurch.

When did Millicent Baxter die?

Millicent Baxter died on 3 July 1984 in Dunedin.

What was Millicent Baxter's occupation?

Millicent Baxter was a peace activist.

What nationality was Millicent Baxter?

Millicent Baxter was New Zealand.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Millicent Baxter

· Wikidata: Q21664157

· DBpedia: Millicent Baxter

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Millicent Baxter. https://biography.guide/millicent-baxter/

MLA: "Millicent Baxter." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/millicent-baxter/.

Chicago: "Millicent Baxter." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/millicent-baxter/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:30 UTC