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Helen Mary Wilson (neé Ostler, 4 May 1869 – 16 April 1957) was a New Zealand teacher, farmer, community leader and writer. She was born in Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand in 1869.
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- Political life
- Books
- Personal life
- References
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Political life
Wilson was active in the Women's Division of the Farmer's Union and one of the early Dominion Presidents. She founded the Piopio branch of the organisation in 1927.
Books
Wilson was the author of several books, including the autobiography "My First Eighty Years."This book is regarded as a New Zealand classic.
Personal life
Wilson spent several years in the North Island town of Levin with her mother, prominent businesswoman and women's suffrage campaigner Emma Ostler. Helen Wilson married politician Charles Kendall Wilson on 16 May 1892. She lived for most of her adult life in Piopio in the Waitomo district of the North Island. She moved to Hamilton in 1942.