Margaret Tennant

Margaret Anne Tennant is a New Zealand historian, currently Professor Emeritus at Massey University.
Tennant's master's thesis, completed in 1976 at Massey University, was called Matrons with a mission, and was a study of women's organisations 1893–1915. Her doctoral thesis was completed in 1981, and concerned the charitable aid system in New Zealand.
Tennant has written for Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
Tennant was elected a Fellow of the [Royal Society of New Zealand] in 2009 and is currently on the Council. In 2017, Tennant was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 [women in 150 words]", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.

Selected works

Past Judgement: Social Policy in New Zealand History Bronwyn Dalley and Margaret Tennant, Otago University Press. ISBN Paupers & providers : charitable aid in New Zealand Allen & Unwin, 1989. Children's health, the nation's wealth : a history of children's health camps Bridget [Williams Books], 1994. Through the prison gate : 125 years of prisoners' aid and rehabilitation New Zealand Prisoners' Aid & Rehabilitation Society, 2002. Matrons with a mission : women's organisations in New Zealand, 1893–1915 MA Thesis, Massey University, 1976 http://hdl.handle.net/10179/5755