Margaret Tennant

Margaret Tennant
Tennant in 2007
Alma materMassey University
Scientific career
FieldsNew Zealand history
InstitutionsMassey University
ThesisIndigence and charitable aid in New Zealand 1885–1920 (1981)
Doctoral advisorW. H. Oliver

Margaret Anne Tennant is a New Zealand historian, currently Professor Emeritus at Massey University.[1]

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.[2][3] Her doctoral thesis was completed in 1981, and concerned the charitable aid system in New Zealand.[4]

Tennant has written for Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.[5][6][7]

Tennant was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2009 and is currently on the Council.[8] In 2017, Tennant was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[2]

Selected works

  • Past Judgement: Social Policy in New Zealand History Bronwyn Dalley and Margaret Tennant, Otago University Press. ISBN [9]
  • Paupers & providers : charitable aid in New Zealand Allen & Unwin, 1989. ISBN 0046140204
  • Children's health, the nation's wealth : a history of children's health camps Bridget Williams Books, 1994. ISBN 0908912684
  • Through the prison gate : 125 years of prisoners' aid and rehabilitation New Zealand Prisoners' Aid & Rehabilitation Society, 2002. ISBN 0473089890
  • Matrons with a mission : women's organisations in New Zealand, 1893–1915 MA Thesis, Massey University, 1976 http://hdl.handle.net/10179/5755

References

  1. ^ "Three new professors emeriti – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Margaret Tennant". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. ^ Tennant, Margaret (1976). Matrons with a mission : women's organisations in New Zealand, 1893–1915 (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/5755.
  4. ^ Tennant, Margaret (1981). Indigence and charitable aid in New Zealand 1885–1920 (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/4591.
  5. ^ "Paterson, Ada Gertrude – Biography – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 26 August 1937. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Macdonald, Sadie – Biography – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Voluntary welfare organisations – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Professor Margaret Tennant « Council « Our Organisation « Royal Society of New Zealand". Royalsociety.org.nz. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Past Judgement: Social Policy in New Zealand History, Edited by Bronwyn Dalley and Margaret Tennant, Otago University Press – Ministry of Social Development". Msd.govt.nz. 26 November 2005. Retrieved 17 November 2015.


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