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
20th century Irish artist
Irish academic and activist
Irish novelist, poet, artist and expert horse breeder
20th century Irish author
Irish writer and teacher
American suffragist