What is Eve Poole?
'''Eve Poole''' (December 29, [[1924]] - December 26, [[1992]]) was a [[New Zealand]] politician of [[Jewish]] descent. == Biography == She was born in [[Germany]] and fled with her family to [[Mandatory Palestine]] in 1932. During the war she served in the British army. She married a New Zealand tank commander and after the war she moved to New Zealand. Being trained in theatre skills in Israel, she was teaching drama in New Zealand. She went into local politics by becoming a councillor in [[Invercargill]] in 1971, and a deputy mayor in 1974. She was mayor of this city on the very southern point of [[South Island]] from 1983 to 1992. As a politician she was promoting culture. She was also a member of several cultural institutions. She died at the age of 67 in [[Dunedin]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/150-stories-in-150-days/8168474/City-Mayor-Eve-Poole-dies|title=City Mayor Eve Poole dies|date=2013-01-13|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Poole, Eve}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:1992 deaths]] [[Category:British military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Deputy mayors]] [[Category:German Jews]] [[Category:Jewish politicians]] [[Category:New Zealand mayors]] [[Category:Oceanic Jews]] [[Category:People from Dunedin]] [[Category:Refugees from Nazism]] [[Category:Teachers]]