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Jane Mander
New Zealand author
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Mary Jane Mander
- Pseudonym:
- Manda Lloyd
- Born:
- 1877, Ramarama, near Drury, Auckland, N.Z.
- Died:
- 1949, Whangarei, Northland (aged 72)
- Notable Works:
- “The Story of a New Zealand River”
Jane Mander (born 1877, Ramarama, near Drury, Auckland, N.Z.—died 1949, Whangarei, Northland) was a writer noted for her realistic novels about her native land and her frank treatment of sexual issues. Mander grew up on the northern New Zealand frontier and had little formal schooling. At the age of 15 she taught primary school while completing her high-school education under a tutor. When her father purchased a newspaper, the Northern Advocate, Mander worked there as a reporter from 1902 to 1906. In 1912 she moved to New York City in order to study journalism at Columbia University. While in the ...(100 of 263 words)