Elizabeth McKenzie Hatton
In her work with Aboriginal girls and for Aboriginal human rights, she showed a leadership beyond that suggested by the evangelical tradition she came from.
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Anna Leonowens
Author, educator, and feminist, inspiration for the musical The King and I
Katherine Angelina Hughes
1900s Canadian teacher, journalist, public servant, author, and Irish political activist
Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie
Canadian feminist, social reformer, lecturer, educator and author
Mary Ferguson
1800s Irish antiquarian and biographer
Mary Leadbeater
Irish author, poet, and memoirist
Dr Grace Warren
Dr Grace Warren challenged conventional wisdom by undertaking research and developing surgical procedures to better understand and treat neuropathic limbs caused by diabetes, leprosy or other nerve-affecting conditions.
Dr Virginia Bouvier
Senior advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., recognized as one of the key international advisors to Colombia’s peace process with the FARC
Jackie Ronne
Edith “Jackie” Ronne was the first woman to work on an Antarctic exploration expedition.
Mary Lindsay Elmendorf
Nobel Peace Prize recipient of group award British and American Quakers for work during and after World War II