Religion Archives - Page 21 of 27

Saint Bertha of Kent

Founder of the first Christian church in Canterbury

Hester Dowden

One of the most famous spiritualist mediums of the twentieth century

Connie Moffit

Australian social worker

Angela Solling

Australian religious leader and sculptor

Juliana Berners

Founder of Sopewell Nunnery

Annie Besant

English theosophist, author and lecturer

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.

Sarah Lancaster

In 1908 Lancaster founded Australia’s first Pentecostalist church.

Rosemary Goldie

International Catholic women’s activist

Alice Kate Blackall

In Melbourne she joined the Catholic Women’s Social Guild (CWSG) a feminist organisation encouraging Catholic lay women to become publicly active and work towards equal rights for women. She was a member of the CWSG central organizing committee for three years and secretary for one year, and was influential in its modernisation.