Margaret Forbes
1800s New Zealand innkeeper and land protesterwho dared to stand up for her rights before the highest authorities.
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Mary Ann Buxton
New Zealand teacher and businesswoman
Maggie Walz
After making her way to an unfamiliar country, she proceeded to establish herself in the community. She worked to better the lives of her fellow Finnish immigrants and women in Calumet and beyond. She acted locally, nationally, and internationally to advance women’s rights, and was a powerful advocate for new American citizens.
Matilda Furley
1800s New Zealand storekeeper, baker, butcher, hotel-keeper and community leader
Victorine Goddard
1800s New Zealand hotel-keeper
Paula Anderson
Paula “Polly” Liebau emigrated to the U.S. from Germany as a young woman, following the allure of gold to Alaska. Along with her prospecting partner and husband, John Anderson, Paula crossed the Alaska Range by dog team, arriving to mine in the Kantishna District in 1918.
Ruth Sandvik
In addition to running the Trading Post in Kotzebue, Alaska, Ruth was influential in local politics and an avid historian, naturalist, and adventurer. She earned a degree in Biology and was one of University of Alaska Fairbanks’ first Inupiaq graduates. Ruth and her family were a critical support for the Archaelogical work conducted in Kobuk Valley National Park by Louis Giddings and Doug Anderson. She had a passion for history and the heritage of the Iñupiat.
Sinrock Mary
Sinrock Mary is known for her legacy as a headstrong businesswoman and interpreter for expeditions along the northern Alaska coast and Russia.
Nancy Cook
Activist for woman’s suffrage, protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.
Van Chu-Lin
Chinese New Zealand storekeeper in the early 1900s