Mary Elizabeth Gibbs
New Zealand community leader
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Mīria Pōmare
Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki community leader
Ngā-kahu-whero
Te Rarawa woman of mana
Margaret Byers
Irish educationist, suffragist, and philanthropist
Ngāwini Yates
Ngāwini and Samuel Yates ran a large farm and general store in the far north of New Zealand during the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Rachael Zister
New Zealand Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Pāoa woman of mana, secretary, community leader
Rachel Armitage
New Zealand welfare worker, community leader
Rāhera Te Kahuhiapō
Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Pūkenga woman of mana
Maria Pellegrina Amoretti
In 1777, after being rejected by the University of Turin, Maria Pellegrina Amoretti graduated at 21 in Iure utroque (civil and canon Law) at the University of Pavia, defending her doctoral theses.
Phoebe Cary
American poet and women’s rights activist