Jane Mander

Jane Mander (born 1877, Ramarama, near Drury, Auckland, N.Z.—died 1949, Whangarei, Northland) was a writer noted for her realistic novels about her native land and her frank treatment of sexual issues. Mander grew up on the northern New Zealand frontier and had little formal schooling. At the age of 15 she taught primary school while completing her high-school education under a tutor. When her father purchased a newspaper, the Northern Advocate, Mander worked there as...