Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin
Native Amerian lawyer and activist
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Eliza Ann Gardner
Remembered as someone “pointed and convincing in speech, winning in manner, [and] overpowering in appeal,” community and religious leader Eliza Ann Gardner exemplified the social activist tradition within African-American churches.
Elizabeth Eckford
One of the Little Rock Nine who helped integrate American schools
Alice Casneau
A successful dressmaker and clubwoman, Alice Casneau had an active professional and public life in Boston during the turn of the 20th century.
Jane Searle
In her parallel ministries within the Salvation Army and the National Council of Women, she used both her platform ability and her fine administrative skills to champion the cause of women.
Julia Wallace
She was the first woman to become a city councillor in Palmerston North, serving from 1962 to 1968. Because of her disability, she worked tirelessly for the New Zealand Crippled Children Society.
Rita Smith
Lifelong political activist in New Zealand
Nellie Schroder
New Zealand teacher and community leader
Ruth Page
Ruth Page came to prominence in 1955 when she led the controversial and much publicised Nelson women’s railway protest.
Violet Roche
Her superb diplomacy and indefatigable energy enabled her to maintain New Zealand-wide support at an unprecedented level for 20 years for a charity based on the other side of the world.