Lizzie Frost Rattray

Lizzie Frost Rattray (nee Fenton)

Lizzie Frost Rattray (1855–1931) was a New Zealand journalist, suffragist and welfare worker. She was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand in 1855 to Mary Lister and Archdeacon John Albert Fenton, but her family returned to Europe for the children's education. After their return to New Zealand Lissie married William Rattray a prosperous Auckland draper. After initial interest in charity work for the St John Ambulance, Lizzie moved on to suffrage and other feminist causes, using her position as a journalist to get her message heard. Writing for the Gentlewoman and the New Zealand Graphic she wrote about employment, education and the franchise. She was elected to the Women's Franchise League and instrumental in opening membership to men.[1]

Rattray appears in a 1993 suffrage mural created to celebrate 100 years of women having the vote in New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Graham, Theresa B. "Lizzie Frost Rattray". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Khartoum Place suffragists to stay,". localist.co.nz. 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.



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