Prominent Seychellois educator, linguist, diplomat, and politician. Her enduring legacy lies in her advocacy for the defense and promotion of Seychellois Creole, striving for its recognition as the national language of the Seychelles.
Prominent community leader in Yei, South Sudan.
South African trade unionist and socialist
Dairy farmer active in the Women’s Division of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union
New Zealand community leader
New Zealand teacher, prohibitionist, landowner, businesswoman
New Zealand social worker, educationist and horticulturist
New Zealand nurse, senior public servant and social reformer
Etain Madden (1939–82) studied philosophy at King’s College, London, and was active in a number of political and feminist causes.
Mariama Keïta was Niger’s first female journalist and a prominent feminist activist.