Phoebe Hearst
American philanthropist
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Harriot Stanton Blatch
American social reformer
Emily Gibson
Irish-New Zealander Emily Gibson’s life was spent working for the causes of peace and social justice.
Sheila Dowling
Irish republican, socialist, trade unionist, and feminist
Constance Markievicz
Irish republican and labour activist
Noeline Baker
New Zeaaland gardener’s Noeline Baker’s aim was to grow all plants indigenous to Stewart Island as listed by the botanist Leonard Cockayne. Over the next 15 years her garden became a place of botanical significance and in 1949 she was awarded the Loder Cup.
Maud Reeves
New Zealand suffragist and social reformer
Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain
New Zealand activist and writer
Beatrice Dixon
Irish pioneer of women’s participation in public life
Margaret Dockrell
Irish suffragist, philanthropist, and councillor