Elizabeth Eckford
One of the Little Rock Nine who helped integrate American schools
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Dr Carol M Newton
Dr. Carol Newton developed the first computer program to calculate electron therapy treatments, the Univac I, C-10 Code in 1958 and was a founding fellow of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering and a fellow in the American College of Medical Informatics.
Helen Simpson
Helen Simpson is principally remembered for writing The women of New Zealand, published in 1940 as one of a series of government-sponsored centennial surveys.
Julia Wallace
She was the first woman to become a city councillor in Palmerston North, serving from 1962 to 1968. Because of her disability, she worked tirelessly for the New Zealand Crippled Children Society.
Leila Hurle
New Zealand principal and senior school inspector
Nancy Russell
Through her imaginative direction of drama and her insistence on clear oral expression, Nancy Russell made a notable contribution to the development of effective spoken and written communication among her many pupils in Taranaki.
Nellie Schroder
New Zealand teacher and community leader
Rua Gardner
New Zealand headmistress
Ruth Page
Ruth Page came to prominence in 1955 when she led the controversial and much publicised Nelson women’s railway protest.
Evelyn Rawlins
Evelyn Rawlins taught music in Palmerston North for over 65 years.