Patricia Bartlett
Patricia Bartlett became a household name in 1970s New Zealand when she stood against the tide of social change which promoted more relaxed attitudes to sexuality.
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Florence Keller
A few years before her retirement in her mid 90s, Florence Keller was acclaimed the oldest practising surgeon in the world.
Ellen Greenwood
Ellen Greenwood made an important contribution to organising charitable aid in a way which delivered effective help to women often ignored or rejected by society in New Zealand.
Elsie Dohrmann
New Zealand botanist, teacher and temperance campaigner
Emily Hill
New Zealand teacher, temperance worker and suffragist
Mary McCarthy
New Zealand teacher, temperance worker and political activist
Sally Low
New Zealand teacher, social reformer and peace campaigner
Catherine Fulton
New Zealand diarist, community leader, philanthropist, social reformer and suffragist
Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen
African-American writer, temperance activist and music professor
Phoebe Myers
Phoebe Myers was a formidable and tenacious woman whose ability as a teacher and political activist ensured that women’s interests became better represented in the New Zealand education system.