Nan Clark
As one of the few women to gain a prominent position in the union hierarchy, Clark blazed a trail in the essentially masculine union world of mid-1900s New Zealand.
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Lena Purcell
Purcell’s years of trade union activism spanned the depression, the term of the first Labour government, the introduction of compulsory unionism and the 40-hour week, and the ongoing campaign for equal pay for women workers. Her influence extended beyond her own unions, through the Auckland Trade Union Secretaries’ Association and, nationally, through the New Zealand Federated Shop Assistants’ Association.
Connie Birchfield
New Zealand communist activist
Louisa Lee Schuyler
American philanthropic social worker
Mary Emma Woolley
American educator
Annie Besant
English theosophist, author and lecturer
Stella Pines
In the 1930s, Stella Pines led a movement which sought to make postgraduate education for nurses available at Australian universities.
Viva Murphy
Australian social worker
Selina Sutherland
Following the passage of the 1887 Neglected Children’s Act she became Victoria’s first licensed child rescuer.
Rose Scott
Rose Scott was one of the founders of the Women’s Literary Society and the Womanhood Suffrage League and a foundation member of National Council of Women of New South Wales. She was the first president of the Women’s Political Educational League.