Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
American writer and educator
American writer and educator
Irish educator and activist for women’s education
American philanthropist, founder of Smith College
Kitty Kain was appointed superintendent of New Zealand’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1941.
Her teaching and training methods had a significant influence on the shaping of the Girl Guide movement in New Zealand.
American educator, the first woman to receive such a doctorate at a European university, president of Bryn Mawr College.
Prolific writer on many subjects, producing about fifty volumes of prose, poems and selections, many of which attained wide popularity.
American dress reformer, author, publisher and lecturer
American author and promoter of the higher education of women
American educator, from 1899 to 1911 president of Wellesley College