Emily Hill Explained

Emily Hill
Birth Name:Emily Knowles
Birth Date:5 September 1847
Birth Place:Lye, Worcestershire, England
Death Place:Napier, New Zealand
Nationality:New Zealander
Occupation:Educator, Suffragist
Spouse:Henry Hill

Emily Hill (5 September 1847 – 27 August 1930) was a New Zealand teacher, temperance worker and suffragist.

Biography

Hill was born on 5 September 1847 in Lye, Worcestershire, England. She immigrated to Christchurch in 1873 with her husband Henry Hill, who had proposed to her less than a month before their departure for New Zealand.[1] On 11 October 1875 she received her teacher's certificate from the education office of Canterbury, New Zealand.[2] Between 1875 and 1878, he was headmaster at Christchurch East School and she was in charge of the infants' department. They moved to Napier, where she became prominent in women's suffrage.

Hill died on 27 August 1930 in Napier.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Upton . Victoria . Hill, Emily . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 7 June 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: Certificate, Teacher's certificate to Emily Hill . MTG Hawkes Bay Collection Online . 7 June 2019 . en.