Napier s Bessie Spencer - the remarkable forward thinking proto-feminist who founded our Women s Institutes
13 Feb, 2021 09:08 PM
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A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St.
A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St.
The Napier-born founder of the New Zealand Federation of Women s Institutes has been remembered as a remarkable woman and forward thinking proto-feminist .