As one of the first women justices of the peace in Christchurch she was later made an associate magistrate to the Children’s Court. Within the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women, Elizabeth Taylor promoted issues such as a motherhood endowment, women police, the right of married women to retain their own nationality, and women in politics.
New Zealand social worker, community leader
Social reformer and a promoter of emigration from England, especially of young women living in Liverpool workhouses, to the colonies of the British Empire, especially Canada.
Although her ideas were considered less radical as the nineteenth century drew to a close, in her emphasis on the value of work for women and on the right of women to lead their own lives, Mary Taylor was more uncompromising than most feminists of her time.
New Zealand teacher, feminist and community leader
New Zealand labour activist, community worker and feminist
Founded an international help line called Women Against Sexual Harassment (WASH) for victims of sexual harassment
German doctor known for her activism against restrictive abortion laws
Polish feminist, journalist, translator, and suffragette who was imprisoned
Challis Hooper’s long years of working for greater equality for women in New Zealand were recognised when she was appointed an OBE in 1969.