Eleanor Smith (suffragist)

Eleanor Phoebe Smith (née Macleod; 1828 – 19 March 1913) was a New Zealand suffragist and magazine editor.

The couple emigrated from England with five children in 1860 - one infant died during the voyage.

The family settled in Christchurch, New Zealand and a further two children were born there.

[1] She was the mother of William Sydney Smith (1852-1929) who later changed his name to Lovell-Smith, after having married two powerful advocates of women's rights in New Zealand: Mary Jane "Jennie" Cumberworth (1848-1924) and, upon her death, Kate Sheppard (1847-1934).

[2] Smith died on 19 March 1913 at her home in the Christchurch suburb of St Albans,[4] and she was buried in Linwood Cemetery.