Mary Wollstonecraft
English writer and philosopher
English writer and philosopher
English author
President of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association, senator and Teachta Dála
Irish nurse, midwife and advocate for survivors of childhood abuse in religious and state-supported institutions
American philanthropist
American mountain-climber and explorer of the late 1800s
Lader of the militant wing of the English suffrage movement.
As a member of the Auckland Community Welfare Council when it formed in mid 1924, Ferner was involved in providing important support for the passage of the Child Welfare Act in 1925. This experience, and her wider work on children’s issues, culminated in her appointment as one of the first three associate members of the Children’s Court in 1926.
American archaeologist; first woman to receive a Sc.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
American reformer who secured for Indiana a tenement-house law