Hetherington, Jessie Isabel (1882–1971)
Hetherington, Jessie Isabel (1882–1971)
New Zealand teacher, lecturer, school administrator, school inspector, and writer. Born on Jan 2, 1882, at Thames, New Zealand; died on Feb 28, 1971, in Auckland; dau. of Samuel Hetherington (draper) and Rebecca (Brown) Hetherington; Auckland University College, BA, 1902; Girton College, University of Cambridge, 1904 (MA awarded by Trinity College, Dublin, for work at Cambridge), c. 1906; St Mary's College, London, c. 1909.
Appointed head mistress of Burwood Ladies' College, Sydney, Australia (1906); assumed assistant lectureship at Cambridge Secondary Training College for Women (1913–14); became tutor and librarian at Wellington Teachers' Training College, New Zealand (1914), named vice principal (1923); also lectured at Victoria University College (1919–23); became 1st woman inspector of secondary schools in New Zealand (1926); published New Zealand: Its Political Connection with Great Britain (1926–27).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).