Name Eveline Cunnington | Died July 30, 1916 | |
Eveline Willett Cunnington (23 April 1849 – 30 July 1916) was a New Zealand social reformer, feminist, lecturer and writer.
Cunnington was born Eveline Willett Leach in Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, Wales, on 23 April 1849. She emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1875, and the following year married Capel Baines, and moved to South Australia where he worked. When her husband died suddenly she was left to bring up her children alone, and soon remarried. Her second husband was Herbert James Cunnington, an electrical engineer.
Eveline Cunnington was present at the first meeting of the Canterbury Women's Institute, and in 1895 became a prison visitor, one of the first women in New Zealand to hold such a position. She was a founding member of the National Council of Women of New Zealand and of the Canterbury Fabian Society. Her written works were published posthumously in 1918.