Ellis, Ellen (1829–1895)
Ellis, Ellen (1829–1895)
New Zealand novelist. Born Ellen Elizabeth Colebrook, Mar 14, 1829, at Great Tangley Manor near Guildford, Surrey, England; died April 17, 1895, in Auckland, New Zealand; dau. of Mary Ann May and William Colebrook (tenant farmer); m. Oliver Sidney Ellis (builder), Sept 1852 (died 1883); children: John William, Alec (died 1857) and Thomas.
Immigrated with husband and 2 sons to New Zealand (July 1859); sought to gain legal and educational equity for women and Maoris; wrote Everything is Possible to Will (1882).
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