Elizabeth Horrell
Canterbury, New Zealand’s first female schoolteacher, teaching in Lyttelton from 1850
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Emily Carpenter
New Zealand university tutor in home science, adult educationalist and consumer advocate
Emily Foster
New Zealand teacher and principal of Christchurch Girls’ High School
Esther Baber
New Zealand headmistress who ran the Fitzherbert Terrace School for many years
Christabel Robinson
New Zealand teacher and vocational guidance and community worker
Dorothy Neal White
New Zealand librarian and writer
Phoebe Myers
Phoebe Myers was a formidable and tenacious woman whose ability as a teacher and political activist ensured that women’s interests became better represented in the New Zealand education system.
Catherine Francis
Catherine Francis was one of the few women to become fully independent heads of large primary schools in nineteeth century New Zealand.
Ngoi Pēwhairangi
Ngāti Porou shearer, performer, teacher, songwriter and cultural adviser
Annie Morrison
New Zealand headmistress