Garmson was active on behalf of the unemployed, and supported the interests of women workers both within and outside the union. She persuaded the New Zealand Workers’ Union to endorse the organisation of women into trade unions, and proposed that a women’s branch of the NZWU be formed.
Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and peace activist
Irish restaurateur, radical, and political activist
Young was the first woman president of the National Education Association, and also identified herself prominently with the woman’s suffrage movement.
English novelist who also wrote a popular history of India.
American writer and educator
Irish suffragist and writer
Irish trade unionist, suffragist, and social campaigner
Irish educator and activist for women’s education
Edith Kanaka’ole (also affectionately called “Aunty Edith”), a native Hawaiian composer, chanter and dancer, was a champion for the preservation of native Hawaiian culture and arts. Kanaka’ole lead the highly celebrated dance school, Hālau o Kekuhi, where her legacy as a Kumu Hula, or chief practitioner of traditional Hawaiian dance and culture, took flight.