Sarah Higgins
New Zealand midwife, community leader and writer
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Geraldine Cummins
Irish writer, suffragist, and psychic
Frances Shayle George
New Zealand advocate for girls’ education
Nellie Gifford
Irish republican activist
Frances Clarke
Irish novelist and feminist
Hariot Blackwood
Irish marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, philanthropist and author
Harriet Bagwell
Irish philanthropist and promoter of local industry
Frances Condell
Irish politician and journalist
Margaret Forbes
1800s New Zealand innkeeper and land protesterwho dared to stand up for her rights before the highest authorities.
Dr Alice Drew Chenoweth
From her small-town beginnings, she eventually made her way to the nation’s capital, serving in a number of distinguished federal government positions at a time when few women held such posts.