Annie Smyth
New Zealand Salvation Army’s first overseas missionary and as one of its most outstanding officers.
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Kathleen Coyle
Irish novelist
Jane Collier
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.
Inez Peacocke
No other New Zealand writer has so convincingly depicted the life and times of Auckland in the years between the wars.
Challis Hooper
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.
Florence Keller
A few years before her retirement in her mid 90s, Florence Keller was acclaimed the oldest practising surgeon in the world.
Mary King
New Zealand teacher, principal, businesswoman and political activist
Ellen Greenwood
Ellen Greenwood made an important contribution to organising charitable aid in a way which delivered effective help to women often ignored or rejected by society in New Zealand.
Joan Donley
Joan Donley was a midwife whose advocacy of home births and natural childbirth helped shape modern midwifery in New Zealand.
Iris Martin
New Zealand nurse, hospital matron, tutor and nurses’ association leader