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Bertha von Suttner

Austrian novelist, especially known for her efforts to promote peace.

Elisabeth of Wied

Queen of Romania, known as “Carmen Sylva”, a poet and novelist who fostered the higher education of women in Romania

Mary Ashton Livermore

Journalist, Philanthropist, and Lecturer

Helen Hunt Jackson

Writer, poet and advocate for native Americans

Dora d’Istria

Romanian author, translator feminist, painter, scholar and mountaineer

Ouida

English novelist and animal rights advocate

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.