Forrestina Elizabeth Ross (23 June 1860 – 29 March 1936) was a notable New Zealand teacher, mountaineer, journalist and writer.
[1] Forrest was the first female member of the New Zealand Alpine Club.
In 1881 she was appointed to a teaching position at Forbury School, and subsequently taught English for a number of years years at Otago Girls' High School.
[1] The family moved to Wellington in 1897 where Ross became a parliamentary reporter.
She was appointed as the first female editor of the Evening Post where she edited what were then called the "Ladies' pages".