Amy Kane
In 1951 she was appointed an OBE for services to women’s organisations. She continued to serve them faithfully for another 20 years and in 1963 was the first New Zealand woman to complete 100,000 flying miles.
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Assia Djebar
Best known by her pen name Assia Djebar, Fatima-Zohra Imalayen was an Algerian feminist novelist, translator and filmmaker, considered one of North Africa’s most influential writers.
Lillie Devereaux Blake
American suffragist and social reformer
Thekla Beere
Irish civil servant and first chairman of the Commission on the Status of Women
Winnie Carney
Irish trade unionist, feminist, and republican
Helen Loring Grenfell
American educator, suffragist and penologist
Alice Stone Blackwell
American suffraigst and writer
Dr Annie Webb Blanton
American suffragist, educator, visionary, public official, innovator, and groundbreaker
Maura Breslin
Irish trade unionist and feminist
Louie Bennett
Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and peace activist