OBITUARY
| : MISS ESTHER GLEN . TELEGRAPH —PRESS' ASSOCIATION] " •; l ' v CHKISTCHTTRCH, Friday The death'. has 'occurred of Miss Esther Glen, a pioneer of women's journalism in New Zealand and widely Jni&wri as author of children's books. As "Lady Gay/' first of the Christchurch Sun, and .then of the Press, Miss Glen was beloved of thousands of children throughout the Dominion. Miss Glen first entered business life but found time, for free lance journalism, arid: to ;write her first two books!. About 14. years ago Miss Glen joined the staff of the Sun to take, charge of ■what was then the first children's supplement in a daily newspaper in New Zealand. The year's work of her big newspaper family was directed toward a Christmas mission by which the lives of poorer children and lonely old people in poor circumstances were brightened at Christmas. When the Sun ceased publication Miss Glen joined the staff of the Press.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23577, 10 February 1940, Page 14
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154OBITUARY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23577, 10 February 1940, Page 14
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