New Zealander Gwen Somerset had a distinguished career as a progressive teacher of young children in primary school, as an adult educator, and as a pioneer of free play in preschool education. Her lectures and her writing inspired generations of playcentre members and shaped their beliefs and practices.
New Zealand school matron
New Zealand teacher and school principal
New Zealand teacher and school principal
New Zealand teacher, community leader and writer
New Zealand kindergarten teacher and director, policewoman, and internment camp supervisor; first policewoman in the coutnry to make an arrest
Canterbury, New Zealand’s first female schoolteacher, teaching in Lyttelton from 1850
New Zealand university tutor in home science, adult educationalist and consumer advocate
New Zealand teacher and principal of Christchurch Girls’ High School
New Zealand headmistress who ran the Fitzherbert Terrace School for many years