Brigid Thornton
Irish public health doctor and first female commissioned officer in the Irish Free State army
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Helen Steven
Helen had a burning passion for peace that led her to the gates of nuclear bases and into prison, to the offices of NATO commanders and round tables with army generals, into the white heat of the Vietnam War and the freezing chill of vigils, demonstrations and marches.
Andrée Sheehy-Skeffington
French-Irish feminist
Gay Firth
Irish author, journalist and political campaigner
Nellie Cashman
Irish-American/Canadian frontier entrepreneur and philanthropist
Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793) was an intellectual of her time, writer, political figure, and perhaps among the first true feminist activists.
Rebecca West
Rebecca West famously remarked that ‘people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute’.
Te Aitū-o-te-rangi Jury
Ngāti Kahungunu founding mother, landowner, farmer in New Zealand
Lily Alexander
British activist, sculptor and painter who travelled internationally
Flora McMillan Forde
New Zealand political activist, feminist, welfare worker