Elizabeth Mackay
New Zealander Elizabeth Mackay was a full partner in farming activities, owning 125 acres in her own right.
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Emily Gibson
Irish-New Zealander Emily Gibson’s life was spent working for the causes of peace and social justice.
Beatrice Dixon
Irish pioneer of women’s participation in public life
Margaret Dockrell
Irish suffragist, philanthropist, and councillor
Kathleen Lonsdale
Irish X-ray crystallographer and pacifist
Noeline Baker
New Zeaaland gardener’s Noeline Baker’s aim was to grow all plants indigenous to Stewart Island as listed by the botanist Leonard Cockayne. Over the next 15 years her garden became a place of botanical significance and in 1949 she was awarded the Loder Cup.
Maud Reeves
New Zealand suffragist and social reformer
Joss Shawyer
New Zealand activist and single mother Joss Shawyer campaigned for the rights of single mothers from the 1970s.
Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain
New Zealand activist and writer
Beeban Annadale McKnight
New Zealand entertainer and community activist