Edith Niederer
Dairy farmer active in the Women’s Division of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union
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Elizabeth Watts Russell
New Zealand community leader
Emma Brignell Ostler
New Zealand teacher, prohibitionist, landowner, businesswoman
Elizabeth Mary Gilmer
New Zealand social worker, educationist and horticulturist
Elizabeth Grace Neill
New Zealand nurse, senior public servant and social reformer
Etain Madden
Etain Madden (1939–82) studied philosophy at King’s College, London, and was active in a number of political and feminist causes.
Mariama Keïta
Mariama Keïta was Niger’s first female journalist and a prominent feminist activist.
Hulda Shipanga
Hulda Kamboi Shipanga was a Namibian nurse, midwife, and advisor to the Namibian Ministry of Health.
Rose Ziba Chibambo
Rose Lomathinda Chibambo was a prominent political figure in the British Protectorate of Nyasaland, later Malawi, in the prelude to its independence in 1964 and the subsequent years.
Aoua Keïta
Aoua Keïta was a Malian midwife, activist, and politician, recognized as a prominent figure in Mali’s struggle for independence, trade unionism, and feminism.