Eliza White (missionary)

Eliza White
Eliza Leigh White c1860s
Born
Eliza Leigh

(1809-07-11)11 July 1809
Earith, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Died28 February 1883(1883-02-28) (aged 73)
Auckland, New Zealand
Other namesMata Waiti
Known formissionary, suffragist, women's rights
SpouseRev. William White

Eliza White (née Leigh) (11 July 1809 – 28 February 1883) was a Wesleyan Methodist missionary to New Zealand and leader in establishing a Ladies Christian Association in Auckland. This organisation was a predecessor to the Auckland Young Women's Christian Association. Her journal, archived at St. John's Theological College in Auckland, provides a unique first-hand account of the life of an English woman evangelist in New Zealand.

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