Elizabeth Taylor (social reformer)

Elizabeth Best Taylor OBE JP (née Ellison; 21 September 1868 – 27 April 1941) was a New Zealand temperance worker, community leader and social reformer. She was born in Lyttelton, New Zealand, in 1868. She briefly taught at the Christchurch Normal School.[1]

In the 1937 Coronation Honours, Taylor was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for social welfare services.[2]

References
  1. Lovell-Smith, Margaret. "Elizabeth Best Taylor". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  2. "Honours list". Nelson Evening Mail. 11 May 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 3 January 2021.


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