Sophia St John Whitty
Irish woodcarver, teacher and cooperativist
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Muriel Agnes Heagney
Australian pioneer of women’s rights and equal pay, a feminist and trade unionist and astrographic measurer and computer at Melbourne Observatory from November 1906 until August 1910
Maire Comerford
Irish republican and journalist
Máirín Beaumont
Irish teacher and nationalist
Máirín Cregan
Irish republican and writer
Ursula Bethell
New Zealand social worker and poet
Isabella May
New Zealand temperance worker, suffragist and dress reformer
Hetty Weitzel
New Zealand-born Australian educator and political activist
Mary Stewart
New Zealand political hostess and welfare worker
Marie Bell
Marie Bell was an educator and tireless campaigner for the rights of both children and parents, challenging educational orthodoxies to ensure more child-centred practices and an environment more supportive of parents.