Taylor, Sophia Louisa (1847–1903)
Taylor, Sophia Louisa (1847–1903)
New Zealand suffragist and landowner. Name variations: Sophia Louisa Davis. Born July 2, 1847, in Kaitaia, New Zealand; died Jan 24, 1930, at Alberton, New Zealand; dau. of John Davis and Mary Ann (Cryer) Davis; m. Allan Kerr Taylor, 1865 (died 1890); children: 6 daughters, 4 sons.
Member of first committee of Auckland branch of Women's Franchise League (1892); also active in Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), despite opposing prohibition.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).
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