Candy, Alice (1888–1977)

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Candy, Alice (1888–1977)

New Zealand teacher and university lecturer. Born Alice Muriel Flora Candy, July 9, 1888, at West Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand; died May 18, 1977, in Christchurch, New Zealand; dau. of James Candy (blacksmith) and Alice (Hood) Candy; Canterbury College, BA, 1910, MA, 1911.

Taught in several schools (1912–20), and became senior mistress at Chilton St James School, Lower Hutt; appointed assistant lecturer, Canterbury College (1920); helped form Canterbury Women Graduates' Association (1921); became president of Canterbury branch of New Zealand Federation of University Women (1926); was exchange lecturer at Bedford College, University of London (1928–29); appointed warden of Helen Connon Hall for women students (1936); retired as senior university lecturer (1948); member of college council (1954–57).

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 4).

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