Rosetta Baume

Rosetta Lulah Baume (1871–22 February 1934) was a New Zealand teacher, feminist and community leader.

She was born in San Francisco, California, United States in July 1871. Baume was a university graduate and had been one of the first female high school teachers in the United States. On 21 June 1899 she married Frederick Baume in San Francisco, who was later a Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Baume became the first woman candidate for Parliament in New Zealand, standing for the Liberal Party for the seat of Parnell in 1919. In 1921 she remarried to E. W. Kane, clerk of the House of Representatives and died in Wellington on 22 February 1934. Frederick Baume and Rosetta had four sons: Frederick (Eric), Neville, Alan and Sidney. Eric Baume later became well known in Australia as a journalist, broadcaster and novelist.