Baker, Isabel Noeline (1878–1958)
Baker, Isabel Noeline (1878–1958)
New Zealand suffragist and gardener. Born Dec 25, 1878, at Opawa, Christchurch, New Zealand; died Aug 25, 1958, at Stewart Island, New Zealand; dau. of John Holland Baker (surveyor) and Isabel (Strachey) Baker.
Lived in England as child and attended Slade School of Fine Art, London; was a member of National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, then founding member of Guildford branch (1910); worked on women's farm labor committee and for Women's Land Army during WWI; returned to New Zealand (1930) and created botanically significant garden on 34 acres of land; donated Moturau Moana, which boasted primarily indigenous plants, to government (1948).
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