Emily Hill (, 5 September 1847 – 27 August 1930) was a New Zealand teacher, temperance worker and suffragist.

Biography

Hill was born on 5 September 1847 in Lye, Worcestershire, England. She immigrated to

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in 1873 with her husband

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, who had proposed to her less than a month before their departure for New Zealand. On 11 October 1875 she received her teacher's certificate from the education office of Canterbury, New Zealand. Between 1875 and 1878, he was headmaster at

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and she was in charge of the infants' department. They moved to Napier, where she became prominent in

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. Hill died on 27 August 1930 in Napier.

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1847 births 1930 deaths New Zealand schoolteachers New Zealand temperance activists New Zealand suffragists {{NewZealand-bio-stub