What is Kate Edger?
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2018}} [[File:Kate-Edger principal.jpg|thumb|Kate Edger]] '''Kate Milligan Evans Edger''' (January 6, 1857 to May 6, 1935) was the first woman in [[New Zealand]] to get a university [[wikt|degree]] and the first woman in the [[British Empire]] to get a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|title=Kate Edger|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/kate-edger|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref> Edger's family moved from [[England]] to New Zealand in 1862. On 11 July 1877, she [[wikt|graduated]] from the [[University of New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Beryl|title=Edger, Kate Milligan|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2e3/1|work=Te Ara Dictionary of New Zealand Biography|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref> ==Legacy== The Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust gives money to help women get degrees.<ref>{{cite web|last=Auckgradwomen.org|title=The Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust|url=http://www.auckgradwomen.org.nz/KEET/index.htm|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref> In 2004 the Kate Edger Information Commons was formed at [[The University of Auckland]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Auckgradwomen.org|title=About Kate Edger|url=http://www.auckgradwomen.org.nz/KEET/kateedger.htm|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Edger, Kate}} [[Category:1857 births]] [[Category:1935 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand people]]