Harriet Jacobs
Author of the autobiography, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” The book, now an “American classic,” gives a plain account of the horrors of slavery and her path to freedom.
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Izabela Moszczeńska-Rzepecka
Polish feminist, journalist, translator, and suffragette who was imprisoned
Caitlín Maude
Irish poet, writer, singer, actress, dramatist and Irish-language activist
Kathleen Behan
Irish republican
Jane Ewart-Biggs
British politician and President of the British Committee of UNICEF, later serving as the Labour Party’s spokesperson on home affairs, consumer affairs and overseas development.
Kathleen Browne
Irish agriculturist, writer and politician
Robina Cameron
New Zealand district nurse, community leader and nursing inspector
Dr Sylvia Chapman
New Zealand doctor
Annie Smyth
New Zealand Salvation Army’s first overseas missionary and as one of its most outstanding officers.
Kathleen Coyle
Irish novelist