Gretta Cousins
Irish suffragist, educator, and theosophist
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Jane Deans
New Zealand pioneer and community leader
Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena
Argentine aristocrat and philanthropist.
Maria de Dominici
Nun, painter, and sculptor, known for breaking gender barriers in a field dominated by men in the world of Baroque art and a trailblazer for women in the arts during the 17th century.
Ann Fletcher Jackson
English Quaker evangelist in New Zealand
Amalia von Dyhrn
Prussian aristocrat, businesswoman and philanthropist
Monica Sjöö
Swedish-born artist and writer who strongly advocated radical anarcho/eco-feminism and played a pivotal role in the early development of the Goddess movement.
Hannah Adams
American author renowned for her works on comparative religion and early United States history.
Clare of Assisi
Italian saint closely linked to Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a Franciscan monastic order known for its strict poverty.
Adèle Euphrasie Barbier
New Zealand Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher and founder of a congregation of religious sisters.