Charlotte Perkins Gilman
American speaker and writer
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Emily Faithfull
English philanthropist who took a great interest in the conditions of working women
Emily James Smith Putnam
American author and educator
Kit Ahern
President of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association, senator and Teachta Dála
Christine Buckley
Irish nurse, midwife and advocate for survivors of childhood abuse in religious and state-supported institutions
Abigail Hopper Gibbons
American philanthropist
Fanny Kemble
English actress and author
Fanny Bullock Workman
American mountain-climber and explorer of the late 1800s
Emmeline Pankhurst
Lader of the militant wing of the English suffrage movement.
Ellen Elizabeth Ferner
As a member of the Auckland Community Welfare Council when it formed in mid 1924, Ferner was involved in providing important support for the passage of the Child Welfare Act in 1925. This experience, and her wider work on children’s issues, culminated in her appointment as one of the first three associate members of the Children’s Court in 1926.