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Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana
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Mākereti Papakura
Tūhourangi woman of mana, guide, ethnographer
Materoa Reedy
Ngāti Porou woman of mana
Miraka Szászy
Mira Szászy emerged from a humble upbringing to become one of the greatest Māori leaders and proponents of mana wāhine in the twentieth century. Throughout her life, Mira pushed for education, health and social reforms, and helped shape twentieth-century cultural and gender politics and forge new pathways for Māori women. She dedicated her life to te ao Māori, Māori women, and upholding the principles of humanity, social justice and equality.
Hertha Ayrton
Hertha Ayrton was an engineer and mathematician. She was awarded the Royal Society’s Hughes Medal, and is well known as a suffragette.
Dorothea Beale
Dorothea Beale studied at Queen’s College, London where she became the first female mathematics tutor. She became Principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College and a founder of St Hilda’s College, Oxford.
Dr Anna Howard Shaw
Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919), an American suffragist leader, minister and physician.
Mary Augusta Humphry Ward
Immensely popular English novelist.
Rehutai Maihi
While she may not always have achieved her aims, through her persistence she not only stood for Parliament but maintained on her own a Māori-language newspaper. Well known and respected among Māori and Pākehā, she was rightly remembered as ‘a busy wheel’.
Lucy Mansel
Born in Ireland, she became a vital part of her community in New Zealand.