On the Rest is History we look back to this week in 1881 when New Zealander Helen Connon became the first woman in the British Empire to receive an honours degree. She is known as a University of Canterbury Legend as she was their first female student and pioneered the way for education of women in New Zealand. Karyn speaks with Professor Katie Pickles who is a scholar of feminist and postcolonial history at the university of Canterbury.
Professor Katie Pickles of the University of Canterbury Photo: Supplied
