Ngoi Pēwhairangi
Ngāti Porou shearer, performer, teacher, songwriter and cultural adviser
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Jeanie Collier
New Zealand runholder who became the first woman in the history of New Zealand to be given her own land in 1854
Helen Gibb
Her strong and forthright personality, and her determination to provide for herself and her children earned Helen Gibb the respect of the Motunau community and a secure place in its history.
Rena Bell
New Zealand teacher, farmer, political organiser, educationalist
Ngāwini Yates
Ngāwini and Samuel Yates ran a large farm and general store in the far north of New Zealand during the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Rachel Armitage
New Zealand welfare worker, community leader
Bessie Spencer
New Zealand school principal, orchardist, community leader
Ann O’Donnell
New Zealand farmer, grocer, hotel proprietor
Dolores Cacuango
Pioneering advocate for indigenous and farmer rights in Ecuador, who played a key role in the early Ecuadorian feminist movement from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Amy Curtis
Superintendent of the Women’s Royal Naval Service in the Portsmouth command (1939–44), worked in the resettlement advice service of the British ministry of labour and national service (1945–8), and was chief administrative officer of the Women’s Land Army in its last years (1948–50).