Gertude Tuckwell
The first woman to appear in the list of teachers in the London School of Economics Calendar is Gertrude Tuckwell in the School’s second year.
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Beatrice Webb
One of the four founders of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Inez McCormack
Irish human rights activist and trade unionist
Emma Miller
Emma Miller played a vital part in the campaign for women’s suffrage in Queensland where she was perhaps the best known of a talented group of activists.
Sheila Dowling
Irish republican, socialist, trade unionist, and feminist
Constance Markievicz
Irish republican and labour activist
Dot De Lany
New Zealand trade unionist
Nan Clark
As one of the few women to gain a prominent position in the union hierarchy, Clark blazed a trail in the essentially masculine union world of mid-1900s New Zealand.
Lena Purcell
Purcell’s years of trade union activism spanned the depression, the term of the first Labour government, the introduction of compulsory unionism and the 40-hour week, and the ongoing campaign for equal pay for women workers. Her influence extended beyond her own unions, through the Auckland Trade Union Secretaries’ Association and, nationally, through the New Zealand Federated Shop Assistants’ Association.
Connie Birchfield
New Zealand communist activist