Dora d’Istria
Romanian author, translator feminist, painter, scholar and mountaineer
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Elizabeth Hamilton
Irish writer
Ouida
English novelist and animal rights advocate
Rūmātiki Ruth Wright
Fostered Māori pre-school education by setting up playcentres and reviving other community organisations in rural centres. The playcentres in the Waikato–Maniapoto district were among the first to encourage use of the Māori language, foreshadowing the kohanga reo scheme.
Edith Mary Macfarlane
Edith was actively involved in local organisations and became one of Auckland’s most prominent community workers.
Mary Anne Müller
New Zealand’s pioneer suffragist
Kathleen Gertrude Hurd-Wood
Activist for the hard of hearing in New Zealand.
Radegund of Poitiers
Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, founder of a scholarly abbey
Pandita Saraswati Ramabai
Advocate for the education of women and the abandonment of the custom of child marriages
Miriam Leslie
That a woman of such business ability, and with heavy responsibilities, should be at the same time a society leader, is a marvel of versatility.