Asenath Nicholson
1800s Irish traveller and social reformer
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Hannah Kinney
Hannah Kinney (1761-1833) was one of the first six managers of The Newark Female Charitable Society.
Helen Storrow
Helen Storrow (1865-1944) funded the Saturday Evening Girls at Boston’s North Bennet Street Industrial School, where young working-class Italian and Jewish immigrant girls were taught literacy skills, pottery, and other crafts in a culturally rich program.
Rose Talbot
Irish chatelaine, farmer and philanthropist
Ola Cohn
Australian sculptor and philanthropist Ola Cohn left a lasting impression on Victoria’s art world.
Mary Hill
1700s and 1800s marchioness of Downshire, Baroness Sandys of Ombersley in her own right, and noted whig partisan
Caroline Grey
Irish political hostess, business owner and activist
Caroline Douglas
1800s marchioness of Queensberry and Irish nationalist benefactor
Barbara McDonnell
Irish philanthropist
Bette Nesmith Graham
Through ingenuity and perseverance, this high school dropout and single mother became a business magnate who transformed the office supply industry in the 20th century.