A strong and determined woman, Joan Wood made a major contribution to the educational and artistic life of New Zealand. Thousands of New Zealanders, particularly women and children, have benefited from the play centre movement she helped found.
New Zealand social reformer, sex educator and teacher
Irish music educationist
Irish actress, teacher, and producer
New Zealand teacher, newspaper editor and manager, journalist
New Zealand teacher, farmer, political organiser, educationalist
New Zealand temperance campaigner, social reformer, lecturer, writer
1900s Irish historian
Early 1900s New Zealand sportswoman
Although the work for which she was more widely known was done during and after the First World War, McHugh had striven to enhance the health and welfare of women for nearly half a century.