Eileen Louise Soper

Name
Eileen Louise Soper

Available
Yes - available

Background

Eileen Louise Service (1900-1989) was an author in the Otago region. She was first an editor of the Otago Daily Times in the 1920s and later became an associate editor for the Otago Witness until 1932. While accompanying her husband (Frederick George Soper) in his wartime responsibilities, she fulfilled the position of Otago provincial commissioner for the Girl Guides Association between 1941 and 1954 and became the first president of the new Otago University Staff Wives' Association in 1948. When her husband was appointed vice chancellor of the University of Otago in 1953, Eileen acted as hostess for the university. Her five writing pieces depict the society and life of women at the time. 'The Otago of our mothers' and 'Young Jane' were followed by her memoirs, published in three separate volumes 'The green years', 'The month of the brittle star' and 'The leaves turn’.

Locality
Location suggested as Andersons Bay (not compulsory)

Category
Historical or notable people

Gender (if applicable)
Female

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