Pioneering Swedish educator known for her work with students with intellectual disabilities. She founded the first institution for such students in Gothenburg in 1866, providing education and supportive home and asylum for patients.
Germany’s first female doctor.
New Zealand women’s rights activist and social reformer
Renowned Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher.
The first Japanese woman to earn a Western medicine degree, from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in the USA.
Irish critic, editor, and teacher
New Zealand nursing pioneer
New Zealand pianist and teacher
New Zealand teacher, journalist and writer
New Zealand journalist