Connie Birchfield
New Zealand communist activist
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Frances Browne
Browne wrote a great deal of poetry; three three-volume novels, My share of the world: an autobiography (1861), The Castleford case (1862), and The hidden sin (1866); and The Ericksons (1852) and Our uncle the traveller’s stories (1859) for children. She published much in magazines and newspapers, including ‘Legends of Ulster’, but is remembered today chiefly for Granny’s wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times (1857).
Eleanor Butler
Irish senator, social campaigner, and architect
Marie Bashkirtseff
Russian artist and writer
Alexandra of Denmark
Queen of England
Harriet Martineau
English author
Aileen Mary Stace
Aileen Stace kept the craft of spinning popular by arranging demonstrations and exhibitions, both in her own spinning room and at public venues; the last exhibition she organised and minded took place in 1972.
Genni Batterham
Australian artist, author, disability rights activist and filmmaker
Margaret Cooper
She was involved in the early committees that eventually led to the establishment of Women With Disabilities Victoria (WDV) and Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA).
Dr Rhonda Louise Galbally
In addition to her work as a disability activist, Rhonda Galbally has been outspoken in health and social causes such as tobacco companies’ sponsorship of sport.