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Biography: Carpenter, Emily Elizabeth

Home science tutor Emily Elizabeth Carpenter in a demonstration kitchen, 1956

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Home science tutor Emily Elizabeth Carpenter in a demonstration kitchen, 1956

From 1948 Emily Carpenter was head of the University of Otago Home Science Extension Department and ran practical courses for women on home management.

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Leah Taylor. 'Carpenter, Emily Elizabeth', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2648/home-science-tutor-emily-elizabeth-carpenter-in-a-demonstration-kitchen-1956 (accessed 4 June 2026).