*In Scholefield’s Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Eileen Duggan pays this tribute to Jessie Mackay: "In 1935 her admirers here and overseas presented her with a testimonial of their esteem. In 1936 the’ State, acting on wise suggestions, raised literature to the status of a national service by granting her a pension and placing her on the Civil List ... A year er two before her death she wrote. passionately: ‘How willingly I would give up my little bit of fame, if my causes might prosper.’ To the very end she worked for Scottish Home Rule. She, foretelling world events, dubbed herself Cassandra, and indeed there was something vatic in her gift. Something native leapt into our literature at her coming. She represents the period of transition, when New Zealand first became country-conscious."’
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 361, 24 May 1946, Page 21
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