Margaret Tennant Explained

Margaret Tennant
Fields:	New Zealand history
Workplaces:	Massey University
Alma Mater:	Massey University
Thesis Title:	Indigence and charitable aid in New Zealand 1885–1920
Thesis Url:	http://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/4591
Thesis Year:	1981
Doctoral Advisor:	W. H. Oliver

Margaret Anne Tennant is a New Zealand historian, currently Professor Emeritus at Massey University.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]} Her doctoral thesis was completed in 1981, and concerned the charitable aid system in New Zealand.^[4]

Tennant has written for .^{[5] [6] [7]}

Tennant was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2009 and is currently on the Council.^[8] 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.

Selected works

• Past Judgement: Social Policy in New Zealand History Bronwyn Dalley and Margaret Tennant, Otago University Press. ISBN ^[9]
• 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

External links

• Google Scholar
• Institutional homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Three new professors emeriti – Massey University . Massey.ac.nz . 19 October 2012 . 17 November 2015.
2. Web site: Margaret Tennant. 11 May 2021. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
3. Tennant . Margaret . 1976 . Masters thesis . Matrons with a mission : women's organisations in New Zealand, 1893–1915 . Massey Research Online, Massey University . 10179/5755 .
4. Tennant . Margaret . 1981 . Doctoral thesis . Indigence and charitable aid in New Zealand 1885–1920 . Massey Research Online, Massey University . 10179/4591 .
5. Web site: Paterson, Ada Gertrude – Biography – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Teara.govt.nz . 26 August 1937 . 17 November 2015.
6. Web site: Macdonald, Sadie – Biography – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Teara.govt.nz . 17 November 2015.
7. Web site: Voluntary welfare organisations – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Teara.govt.nz . 10 November 2014 . 17 November 2015.
8. Web site: Professor Margaret Tennant « Council « Our Organisation « Royal Society of New Zealand . Royalsociety.org.nz . 20 June 2014 . 17 November 2015.
9. Web site: Past Judgement: Social Policy in New Zealand History, Edited by Bronwyn Dalley and Margaret Tennant, Otago University Press – Ministry of Social Development . Msd.govt.nz . 26 November 2005 . 17 November 2015.