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Biography: Heap, Sarah

'Indefatigable drill mistress', Sarah Heap

'Indefatigable drill mistress', Sarah Heap

In the first three decades of the twentieth century, Sarah Heap was highly influential in promoting physical education for girls.

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Reference: B-K 550-30

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Margaret Hammer. 'Heap, Sarah', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3032/indefatigable-drill-mistress-sarah-heap (accessed 5 June 2026).