Denise Soesilo
German hockey player and environmental health activist
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Nova Peris
Nova Peris was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
Freda Bage
Freda Bage OBE MSc FLS, was lecturer in charge of biology at the University of Queensland from 1913-1946, Principal of the Women’s College 1914-1946 and the first woman elected a Member of Senate 1923-1949.
Faith Thomas
Indigenous Australian nurse, cricketer and hockey player
Pearl Dawson
Pearl Howard Dawson was a leading figure in the formative years of women’s team sports in New Zealand, particularly hockey, both as a player and administrator.
Vera McWeeney
Irish sportswoman and sports journalist
Joan O’Reilly
Irish hockey player, athlete and sports administrator
Norma Stoker
Irish sportswoman
Iris Cummins
Irish engineer and hockey player
Cora Mildred Maris Clark
An enthusiastic player of what was a thoroughly physical contest (against mud and rough playing fields as well as the opposition), Clark held that no limitations should be placed on how women played or organised what she saw as ‘their’ game of hockey.