Edger, Kate (1857–1935)
Edger, Kate (1857–1935)
New Zealand education reformer, suffragist, and temperance reformer. Name variations: Kate Evans. Born Kate Milligan Edger, Jan 6, 1857, in Berkshire, England; died May 6, 1935, in Dunedin, New Zealand; dau. of Samuel Edger (minister) and Louisa (Harwood) Edger; University of New Zealand, BA, 1877; Canterbury College, MA, 1882; m. William Albert Evans (minister), 1890; children: 3 sons.
Immigrated as a child to New Zealand (1862); became 1st woman in New Zealand to earn university degree (1877); established two major secondary schools for girls; active in suffrage movement and Women's Christian Temperance Union.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 2).
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