Soraya Tarzi
Queen Soraya Tarzi of Afghanistan pushed to modernise the country from the 1920s onward, promoting freedoms and rights for women.
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Aïssata Kane
Mauritian political Aïssata Touré Kane served as the country’s first female government minister as part of President Moktar Ould Daddah’s cabinet from 1975 to 1978, when the government was overthrown by a military coup.
Olive Mellor
Olive Mellor was a pioneer and advocate of women’s horticultural and garden design education and professional status. She became one of the first Australian trained professional horticulturist and garden designers, designing over 500 gardens throughout her career. She was a published author, radio broadcaster and wrote prolifically for magazines and newspapers.
Cora Wilson Stewart
American educator and reformer, known as “The Moonlight-School Lady”.
Alice Easton Law
At New Zealand’s Jubilee Institute for the Blind, she taught the piano and encouraged her students to believe that visual impairment was no impediment to music. Using Braille, she guided them through their examinations and produced several high-quality musicians.
Mary Blythe Law
Mary Law’s influence on teaching the blind was immense. When she began working at the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, education for the blind in New Zealand and elsewhere was limited to imparting basic knowledge and survival skills. Early New Zealand teachers such as Jane Collier had gone resolutely against this trend, introducing innovative teaching methods: these were picked up and extended by Mary Law.
Mary Carpenter
English philanthropist and author active in working for the benefit of orphaned or neglected children.
Maria Dronke
Maria Dronke made a significant contribution to the theatre in her adopted country of New Zealand.
Jessie Webb
After studying at the University of Melbourne, she began lecturing in the history department in 1908. She was one of the founders of University Women’s College, the Victorian Woman Graduates’ Association and the Lyceum Club.
Ethel Irene McLennan
The substantial legacy of this trailblazing plant pathologist includes the University of Melbourne’s fungal-rich herbarium and library, her scientific publications and her students’ ideas and investigations.