Activism Archives - Page 146 of 197

Joss Shawyer

New Zealand activist and single mother Joss Shawyer campaigned for the rights of single mothers from the 1970s.

Anne Devlin

Irish nationalist and heroine

Emily White

Emily White made a significant contribution to community and horticultural life in New Zealand, and was her adopted country’s first woman gardening author of note.

Dr Barbara Stokes

Irish paediatrician and disability campaigner

Nora Herlihy

Founder of the Irish credit union movement

Agnes TuiSamoa

Agnes TuiSamoa spent a lifetime supporting and campaigning for the rights of her fellow Pacific Islanders in Auckland, both new migrants and their New Zealand-born children.

Nan Kent-Johnston

New Zealand community support activist

Her research focused on cerebral palsy in Australia and she published major articles that dealt with aspects of the disease in children, seeking to promote the potential of cerebral palsy sufferers to lead useful and independent lives. She formed the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association in 1952 and chaired its medical and educational committee.

Georgia Douglas Johnson

Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the most well-known Black female writers and playwrights of her time. Known for writing most about love and womanhood, Douglas Johnson’s published works touched many and were featured in the most widely-read Black publications of the twentieth century.