Don, Rachel (1866–1941)

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Don, Rachel (1866–1941)

New Zealand religious and community worker. Name variations: Rachel Hull. Born Rachel Hull, July 23, 1866, at Hokitika, New Zealand; died Sept 4, 1941, in Dunedin, New Zealand; dau. of James Hull (musician and iron molder) and Mary Ann (Walters) Hull; m. William Rae Don, 1890.

Active in Methodist and Presbyterian church work throughout her life; member of Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU); lectured, wrote letters, and contributed articles and cartoons to pamphlets on social reform.

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).

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