From the MTG: Centennial tribute to Women s Institute founder
12 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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Women s Institute members gather at Omatua, Rissington, 1932. Jerome Spencer is seated (centre) at the front of the group [88232]
Hawkes Bay Today
Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (1872-1955) was a woman ahead of her time.
She spent most of her life in Hawke s Bay and on Sunday a bronze statue will be unveiled in her honour on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St in Napier.
Gifted by the New Zealand Federation of New Zealand Women s Institutes, the statue is a centennial tribute to their founder, who was a local through and through. Indeed, Jerome Spencer held the first meeting of a New Zealand Women s Institute at Omatua at Rissington, Hawke s Bay on February 27, 1921.
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