Stewart, Frances Ann (1840–1916)
Stewart, Frances Ann (1840–1916)
New Zealand social activist. Name variations: Frances Ann Carkeek. Born Frances Ann Carkeek, June 18, 1840, at Sydney, Australia; died Nov 12, 1916, at Wanganui, New Zealand; dau. of Stephen Carkeek and Martha (Piotti) Carkeek; m. John Tiffin Stewart (provincial engineer), 1865 (died 1913); children: 5 daughters, 5 sons.
Active in community affairs, supported temperance and women's suffrage movements, and advocated better training of nurses; affiliated with Wanganui Orphanage (1889); donated land to establish Wanganui Girls' College; donated her home, which became known as Stewart Karitane Home, to the care of children; was 1st woman member of hospital board (1897).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 2).
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