GROSSMAN, EDITH HOWITT (1863-1931) née Searle, was born in Beechworth, Victoria, and was educated at the Invercargill Grammar School and the Christchurch Girls' High School. As a junior University scholar she entered Canterbury College in 1881. She won the Bowen prize (1882) and a senior scholarship, and graduated B.A. (1884) and M.A. (1885) with first class honours. Subsequently she taught at the Wellington Girls' College, and in 1897, before Victoria College was established, she began university tutorial classes with Dr Innes. She later took up journalism and civic work, and married Professor Joseph Penfound Grossman. Her publications include Angela, a Messenger (1890), In Revolt (1893), In Memoriam, Helen Macmillan Brown (1903), Life of Helen Macmillan Brown (1905), A Knight of the Holy Ghost (1907), The Heart of the Bush (1911) and numerous articles in English and overseas magazines. She was one of the first members of the Canterbury Women's Institute, and an original member of the London Lyceum Club. Mrs Grossman died in Auckland on 28 Feb 1931.

Hight and Candy; Who's Who N.Z., 1908, 1924; Annals N.Z. Lit.; The Press, 7 Mar 1931.

Reference: Volume 1, page 184

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