Margaret MacPherson (writer)

Margaret Louise Macpherson (née Kendall; 19 June 1895 – 14 September 1974) was a New Zealand journalist, editor and writer.

Biography

Kendall was born in Leeds, England, in 1895. She was educated at University of St Andrews, Scotland.[1]

She married Alfred Sinclair MacPherson, elder brother of Rev. William MacPherson, Dean of Lichfield.[2][3] The new couple later moved to New Zealand. Together, they had five sons.[1]

After the birth of her children, she became the writer of a column called 'Wahine', in the Maoriland Worker. In the early 1920s she began editing Northlander in Kaitaia. In 1925 she and her husband divorced. Next she took a position writing the women's column in Guardian, also in Kaitaia. Other positions took her to several countries. She also wrote several books.[1]

She died in Kaitaia, New Zealand, in 1974.[1]

Selected works
  • Antipodean journey (1937)
  • New Zealand beckons (1952)[4]

References
  1. Green, Anna. "Macpherson, Margaret Louisa". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  2. 1901 England Census
  3. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1910
  4. Google books. New Zealand beckons. Retrieved 27 December 2011.


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