Kōrero: Religion and society

Priscilla Wakefield

Priscilla Wakefield

Priscilla Wakefield, the grandmother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (who was to found the New Zealand Company), was a Quaker. Like many Protestant dissenters in late 18th-century and 19th-century Britain, she was a reformer and activist. Wakefield started a charity for expectant mothers, a soup kitchen, and the Female Benefit Club, which provided pensions and a savings scheme for children, and has been seen as one of the first savings banks.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-040-034
Engraving by Thomas Charles Wageman

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

John Stenhouse, 'Religion and society - European origins', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/28388/priscilla-wakefield (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā John Stenhouse, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 4 Apr 2018