McQueen, Mary (1860–1945)
McQueen, Mary (1860–1945)
New Zealand deaconess and social worker. Born July 13, 1860, in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; died May 30, 1945, in Brisbane, Australia; dau. of John McQueen (farmer) and Catherine (McIntosh) McQueen.
Trained at Presbyterian Deaconess Training Institute in Melbourne (1902); became parish deaconess at Knox Church, Dunedin (1902–07); helped found Presbyterian Social Service Association in Otago (1906); established Presbyterian Orphanage and Children's Home in Otago (1907).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).
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