Thyra Avis Mary Acres
New Zealander Thyra Avis produced a comic strip and books featuring two pohutukawa fairies called Hutu and Kawa, which conveyed an understanding of ecology and a strong conservationist ethos.
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Ina Mabel Lamason
Ina Lamason was a sporting phenomenon. She represented New Zealand at cricket and hockey, was an international hockey umpire and served both sports as an administrator.
Dorothy Hewett
Hewett’s frank and often personal depiction of female sexuality and strength was at times controversial, but cemented her reputation as a leading feminist, politically aware Australian writer who mastered many genres.
Caroline Chisholm
English philanthropist active in Australia
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
One of the great poets of England.
Elizabeth Inchbald
English actress, dramatist and novelist
Abbasa bint al-Mahdi
Princess and poet
Elizabeth Messenger
Elizabeth Messenger’s novels, once popular enough to be serialised and translated into other languages, are now difficult to obtain. Her recipe books appear to have been more durable.
Rihi Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea
The most famous of the women of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto in the nineteenth century was undoubtedly Rihi Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea.
Dot Simons
In an era when the achievements of women in sport received scant regard from New Zealand newspapers and radio, Dot Simons made the field her own.