What is Ada Wells?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2018}} '''Ada Wells''' ''née'' Pike (29 April 1863 – 22 March 1933) was a [[feminist]] and [[social worker]] in [[New Zealand]]. Wells worked as a student-teacher and attended [[University of Canterbury|Canterbury College]]. In the 1880s she became active in the [[women's suffrage]] movement. In 1892 she formed the Canterbury Women's Institute.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grimshaw|first=Patricia Ann|title=Wells, Ada|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/wells-ada/1|work=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> She also helped form the [[National Council of Women of New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|title=Ada Wells|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/ada-wells|access-date=17 April 2011|date=11 April 2011|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813193050/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/ada-wells|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1917 she was the first woman to work on the Christchurch City Council. The [[New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage|Ministry for Culture and Heritage]] now offers an Ada Wells Memorial Prize for Undergraduate Students.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|title=Ada Wells Memorial Prize|url=http://www.mch.govt.nz/mi/funding-nz-culture/search-funding?detail=802797/B|access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wells, Ada}} [[Category:1863 births]] [[Category:1933 deaths]] [[Category:Feminists]] [[Category:New Zealand people]] {{bio-stub}}