Joan Cochran
New Zealand social reformer, sex educator and teacher
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Joan Wood
A strong and determined woman, Joan Wood made a major contribution to the educational and artistic life of New Zealand. Thousands of New Zealanders, particularly women and children, have benefited from the play centre movement she helped found.
Ellen Ellis
New Zealand feminist and writer
Unui Doo
Chinese-New Zealand businesswoman, shopkeeper and community leader
Sarah Snow
New Zealand political activist, feminist, welfare worker
Jessie Aitken
New Zealand community worker and political activist
Patricia Hoey
Irish journalist, suffragist and nationalist
Patricia Redlich
Irish journalist and psychologist
Sarah Purser
Irish painter, stained-glass artist and entrepreneur, art activist and patron
Anne Donnellan
Irish literary critic and promoter of literature, learning and the arts