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Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer OBE (16 November 1872 – 23 October 1955) was a notable New Zealand school principal, orchardist and community leader. She was born in Napier, New Zealand, in 1872.[1]
Spencer founded the New Zealand Federation of Women's Institutes in 1921, being inspired to do so after attending a craft exhibition in London in 1919.[2]
In the 1937 New Year Honours, Spencer was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for social welfare services.[3][4]
In February 2021 a bronze statue of Spencer was unveiled in Napier.[5]