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From 1903 to 1912 she lived in London and was a freelance writer there, often writing on issues related to New
Zealand. While living in London, she was a founding member of the New Zealand Circle at the Lyceum Club, a club for professional women, and a member of The Austral, another club specifically
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Grossmann, including in London, until around 1914, when his father arranged for him to live on a farm near Christchurch with family friends. This enforced separation from her son had a significant impact on Grossmann's mental health; she wrote a letter to the editor of the
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Penfound Grossmann, a master at Wellington Boys' High School, who had been a fellow student of hers at Canterbury College. Grossmann resigned from her teaching position and the couple moved back to Christchurch where her husband took a teaching position at
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from 1880 to 1885, during which time she received a number of prizes and honours, and was also an active participant in student life. She had received a junior scholarship to enter the
College, and in 1882 also received a senior scholarship. In 1881, she won second prize in the Bowen Essay
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Married Women's Property Bill of 1884, and the higher education of women.
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for women from the colonies. Grossmann found these clubs very useful for making contacts in the writing world, and advised other women to join them. Some of her fellow club members were
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