Edna Pengelly
As one of New Zealand’s most distinguished nurses, she had not only cared for the sick and wounded but contributed to the welfare of the young.
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Dorothea Conyers
Irish novelist
Leigh Brackett
Accomplished American author and screenwriter, notable for her significant contributions to science fiction and Hollywood screenplays.
Božena Benešová
Prominent Czech author, best known for her role in the Czech literary scene of the early 20th century.
Anna C Maxwell
Senior Superintendent of Nurses in the United States
June Margaret Litman
New Zealand journalist
Alice Milligan
Irish novelist, playwright, and political activist
Theodora FitzGibbon
Irish cookery expert and writer
Edith Searle Grossmann
New Zealand teacher, novelist, journalist, feminist
Caroline Howard
Caroline Howard achieved national prominence in 1874 as one of those involved in a celebrated controversy about Irish women immigrants in New Zealand. She was also well known throughout Otago during the 1860s as a businesswoman and public figure.