Sheila Dowling
Irish republican, socialist, trade unionist, and feminist
Irish republican, socialist, trade unionist, and feminist
Community and church leader in Palmerston North (New Zealand) for many years
Irish republican and labour activist
New Zealand activist and writer
New Zealand entertainer and community activist
Irish pioneer of women’s participation in public life
Irish suffragist, philanthropist, and councillor
Irish X-ray crystallographer and pacifist
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.
New Zealand suffragist and social reformer