Phoebe Hearst
American philanthropist
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Cora Wilson Stewart
American educator and reformer, known as “The Moonlight-School Lady”.
Priscilla Wakefield
English writer. She published numerous works, chiefly educational, including Mental Improvement, Leisure Hours, Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex, with Hints for its Improvement and several volumes of descriptive geography.
Alice Heron Maxwell
Alice Heron Maxwell’s dedication to the preservation of the historic Te Papa mission station, at a time when few Pakeha New Zealanders realised the value of such sites, was both far-sighted and courageous.
Mary Downing
Irish poet and nationalist
Theresa Talbot
Beautiful and dynamic, Lady Londonderry was more forceful than her husband, and her political talents were more impressive. She used her influence to effect and was the model of a great political hostess.
Agnes Ryan
Irish teacher, activist and philanthropist
Elisabeth Marbury
American author’s representative and theatrical manager.
Harriot Stanton Blatch
American social reformer
Martha G Kimball
American philanthropist and war nurse