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Kate Edger (Evans) was the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree and the first woman in the British Empire to earn a BA.

On 11 July 1877 Kate Edger (Evans) graduated with a BA in Latin and Mathematics from the University of New Zealand. She became the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree and the first woman in the British Empire to earn a BA

Kate Edger became the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree and the first woman in the British Empire to earn a BA.