Margaret MacPherson

Who is Margaret MacPherson?

Margaret Louise Macpherson née Kendall was a journalist, editor and writer. She attended school at University of St Andrews, Scotland. After marriage to Alfred Sinclair Macpherson the new couple moved to New Zealand. After giving birth to five sons, she became the writer of a column called 'Wahine', in the Maoriland Worker. In the early 1920s she began editing Northlander in Kaitaia. In 1925 she and her husband were divorced. Next she took a position writing the women's column in Guardian, also in Kaitaia. Other positions took her to several countries. She also wrote several books.