Anna Comnena
Greek historian and scholar
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Ella Mary Latham
Philanthropist and medical reformer
Fabiola
Founder of the first hospital in Rome.
Mary Ashton Livermore
Journalist, Philanthropist, and Lecturer
Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
Caring for soldiers, she declared that the officers were sufficiently looked after, and she would work where most needed. And they were ardently devoted to “Mother” Bickerdyke.
Mabel Te Aowhaitini Mangakāhia
The most eminent and successful Māori nurse of her day
Mary Wortley Montagu
English author and letter-writer, who promoted the practice of inoculation against smallpox in Britain.
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
English traveller, ethnologist and author
Jean Neill Erwin
When the New Zealand Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was formed in 1942, Jean Erwin was appointed to the position of commandant, Southern Military District, with the rank of senior commander (equivalent to major).
Mary Anne Reidy
Her contribution to backblocks nursing and the welfare of returned soldiers was recognised when she was made an MBE in 1956, and later when a room at the Te Awamutu RSA clubrooms was named after her.