Eileen Louise Soper
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Eileen Louise Soper (née Service, 14 December 1900 – 24 October 1989) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and Girl Guide Commissioner. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1900.
As an adult, she was active in the cultural life of Dunedin. She worked as an editor of the Otago Daily Times under her maiden name, Eileen Service. She became an associate editor for the Otago Witness, where she wrote for the children's pages as Dot of 'Dot's Little Folk' until 1932. She married a chemistry professor from the University of Otago, Frederick George Soper, in 1938, with whom she traveled extensively overseas. After 1946, she dedicated herself to writing.[1]
References
- ^ Page, Dorothy. "Eileen Louise Soper". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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