May Hartley
Irish novelist
Irish novelist
1700s and 1800s Irish writer
South African lawyer, writer and anti-apartheid activist
Irish writer
South African activist and academic
Activist who accused South African president Jacob Zuma of rape
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 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.
Irish district nurse
Irish novelist, short story writer, biographer and translator