Dyson, Elizabeth Geertruida (1897–1951)
Dyson, Elizabeth Geertruida (1897–1951)
New Zealand journalist and magazine editor. Name variations: Elizabeth Geertruida Agatha Weersma, Hedda Weersma, Hedda Lakeman, Hedda Dyson. Born Elizabeth Geertruida Agatha Weersma, Jan 15, 1897, at Ginneken, Netherlands; died Oct 17, 1951, in Auckland, New Zealand; dau. of Tiemen Weersma (army officer) and Joziena Regiena (van Haeften) Weersma; m. Jacobus Maria Lakeman, 1918 (div. 1923); m. Edward Joseph Vernon Dyson (solicitor), 1927; children: (1st m.) 1 son.
Immigrated to New Zealand (c. 1927); served as editor of New Zealand Woman's Weekly (1932–48); wrote editorials regularly on national and international social and political issues; broadcast weekly radio variety program (1935).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 4).
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