Emily Hill (née Knowles, 5 September 1847 – 27 August 1930) was a New Zealand teacher, temperance worker and suffragist.

Hill was born on 5 September 1847 in Lye, Worcestershire, England.

She immigrated to Christchurch in 1873 with her husband Henry Hill, who had proposed to her less than a month before their departure for New Zealand.

[1] On 11 October 1875 she received her teacher's certificate from the education office of Canterbury, New Zealand.

[2] Between 1875 and 1878, he was headmaster at Christchurch East School[3] and she was in charge of the infants' department.