Margaret Anne Tennant is a New Zealand historian, currently

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Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

. Tennant's master's thesis, completed in 1976 at Massey University, was called ''Matrons with a mission,'' and was a study of women's organisations 1893–1915. Her doctoral thesis was completed in 1981, and concerned the charitable aid system in New Zealand. Tennant has written for Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Tennant was elected a

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in 2009 and is currently on the Council. In 2017, Tennant was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "

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", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.

Selected works

* ''Past Judgement: Social Policy in New Zealand History'' Bronwyn Dalley and Margaret Tennant,

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. ISBN * ''Paupers & providers : charitable aid in New Zealand''

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, 1989. * ''Children's health, the nation's wealth : a history of children's health camps''

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, 1994. * ''Through the prison gate : 125 years of prisoners' aid and rehabilitation'' New Zealand Prisoners' Aid & Rehabilitation Society, 2002. * ''Matrons with a mission : women's organisations in New Zealand, 1893-1915'' MA Thesis, Massey University, 1976 http://hdl.handle.net/10179/5755

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