Ida Gaskin

Ida Gaskin
Born
Ida Margaret Jacobs

(1919-12-09)9 December 1919
Died8 January 2016(2016-01-08) (aged 96)
New Plymouth, New Zealand
OccupationSchoolteacher
Known forWinner of New Zealand Mastermind (1983)

Ida Margaret Gaskin CNZM (née Jacobs, 9 December 1919 – 8 January 2016) was a Welsh-born New Zealand schoolteacher and politician, known for her expert knowledge of Shakespeare, and for becoming the first woman in New Zealand to win the local version of Mastermind.