Dora Sigerson Shorter
Irish writer
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Fatima Meer
South African activist and academic
Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo
Activist who accused South African president Jacob Zuma of rape
Elizabeth Burchill
Elizabeth Burchill worked as a nurse in many diverse locations, including England, Canada, the USA, New Guinea and Thursday Island. She has written several books about her nursing experience, including Thursday Island Nurse and The Paths I’ve Trod.
Jean Carman
Jean Carman experimented with dyemaking from eucalypts and published Dyemaking with Eucalypts in 1978. She tested 240 species from all over Australia, documenting the colours produced in wool with different treatments.
Ethel Mayne
Irish novelist, short story writer, biographer and translator
Elizabeth Rivers
20th century Irish artist
Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin
Irish academic and activist
Juanita Casey
Irish novelist, poet, artist and expert horse breeder
Nesca Robb
20th century Irish author