Hedda Dyson
Throughout her editorship, the Woman’s Weekly increased its circulation rapidly, from 22,447 in 1934 to 32,202 by the end of the decade, reaching 67,663 by 1948.
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Jessie Mackay
Jessie Mackay’s crusading spirit informed her poetry, and her poetry is a record of all the causes she held dear.
Catherine Helen Spence
In 1901 she established a women’s collective clothing factory and was appointed the chair of its board. She continued her work for electoral reform and moved the resolution that brought the South Australian National Council of Women into existence, although she found the organisation too cautious and resigned from the executive in 1906.
Maggie Daly
Maggie Daly was a fashion model and organiser of fashion shows; she was also a journalist and gossip columnist and appeared regularly on television.
Sheila Daly
Sheila Daly wrote syndicated newspaper columns and worked in advertising.
Ellen Scanlan
New Zealand’s most widely read popular novelist of the 1930s and 1940s
Maureen Daly
Irish journalist and novelist
Joan Trimble
Irish pianist, composer, and newspaper proprietor
Margaret Bullock
Energetic and talented, Margaret Bullock was a pioneer in several respects. As a journalist and parliamentary correspondent she gained entrance into a predominantly male profession. She also played a pivotal role in the nineteenth century women’s movement at both local and national levels.
Amy Kane
In 1951 she was appointed an OBE for services to women’s organisations. She continued to serve them faithfully for another 20 years and in 1963 was the first New Zealand woman to complete 100,000 flying miles.