Mary Edith Dunlop
Irish campaigner for the welfare of the blind
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Jane Franklin
When her husband was sent to Tasmania as Governor in the 1830s and 40s, she travelled widely, improved the wretched conditions that female prisoners endured, encouraged the building of schools for boys and girls, commissioned a temple, and founded a museum.
Sydney Czira
Irish journalist, broadcaster, and republican
Philomena Ryan
Irish chemist
Mariga Guinness
German-English architectural conservationist and socialite
Grace Hilda Cuthberta Ross
New Zeland activist for the the welfare of children, women, the needy and the disadvantaged
Mary O’Malley
Irish theatrical director and activist, co-founder of the Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast
Henrietta White
Principal of Alexandra College, Dublin, horticulturist, and social activist
Eleanor Whitton
Irish campaigner for animal welfare
Mary Galway
Irish trade unionist