Mary Ann Lake Wallis
New Zealand orphanage matron
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Katarina Kuini Wharerauaruhe Te Tau
Ngāi Tahu leader, welfare worker, community leader
Maata Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu
Tūhourangi and Ngāti Awa woman of mana
Grace Rhys
Irish author, editor, and poet
Florence Ada Mary Lamb Polson
New Zealand women’s rights activist and writer
Maraea Mōrete
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki woman of mana, writer
Mary Bolton
Irish alcholism counsellor
Bertha Lutz
Notable Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat and played a key role in the Pan-American feminist and human rights movements. Her efforts were crucial in achieving women’s suffrage in Brazil.
Emanuella Carlbeck
Pioneering Swedish educator known for her work with students with intellectual disabilities. She founded the first institution for such students in Gothenburg in 1866, providing education and supportive home and asylum for patients.
Amelia Boynton Robinson
American activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. She played a crucial role in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches and later became a vice president at the Schiller Institute.