Sophia Anstice
New Zealand dressmaker, draper and businesswoman who started a chain of dressmaking and drapery shops in 19th century New Zealand.
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Caroline Howard
Caroline Howard achieved national prominence in 1874 as one of those involved in a celebrated controversy about Irish women immigrants in New Zealand. She was also well known throughout Otago during the 1860s as a businesswoman and public figure.
Catherine Mathieson
New Zealand community leader
Nellie Cashman
Irish-American/Canadian frontier entrepreneur and philanthropist
Mary Hean Alexander, Sr
British wine and spirit merchant
Alice Hart
Irish philanthropist, artist and businesswoman
Ann Lovell
New Zealand gold courier and shopkeeper
Flora Nwapa
Considered Africa’s first internationally published female novelist
Alice Reilly
Irish printer and publisher
Agnes Ryan
Irish businesswoman