Kathleen Browne
Irish agriculturist, writer and politician
Irish agriculturist, writer and politician
New Zealand district nurse, community leader and nursing inspector
New Zealand doctor
New Zealand Salvation Army’s first overseas missionary and as one of its most outstanding officers.
Irish novelist
She laid the foundations for educational attainment among blind people in New Zealand, when many assumed that the blind were incapable of leading productive lives.
No other New Zealand writer has so convincingly depicted the life and times of Auckland in the years between the wars.
Challis Hooper’s long years of working for greater equality for women in New Zealand were recognised when she was appointed an OBE in 1969.
A few years before her retirement in her mid 90s, Florence Keller was acclaimed the oldest practising surgeon in the world.
New Zealand teacher, feminist, educationalist and art dealer