Fanny Irvine-Smith
New Zealand teacher, lecturer and writer
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Inez Peacocke
No other New Zealand writer has so convincingly depicted the life and times of Auckland in the years between the wars.
Mary Pulling
Founding headmistress of the Diocesan High School for Girls in Auckland.
Grace Widdowson
New Zealand nurse, tutor, hospital matron, nursing administrator
Dr Helen Deem
New Zealand doctor
Norah Burnard
New Zealand school dental supervisor, journal editor
Jane Collier
She laid the foundations for educational attainment among blind people in New Zealand, when many assumed that the blind were incapable of leading productive lives.
Jeannetta Blackie
New Zealand governess, teacher and church administrator
Edith Howes
New Zealand teacher, educationalist, and writer of children’s literature
Ellen Greenwood
Ellen Greenwood made an important contribution to organising charitable aid in a way which delivered effective help to women often ignored or rejected by society in New Zealand.