Fostered Māori pre-school education by setting up playcentres and reviving other community organisations in rural centres. The playcentres in the Waikato–Maniapoto district were among the first to encourage use of the Māori language, foreshadowing the kohanga reo scheme.
Swedish singer of international renown
American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University
Advocate for the education of women and the abandonment of the custom of child marriages
Sheila Edmonds was an English mathematician who worked infinite series and went on to become Vice-Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.
Marguerite Lehr was an outstanding lecturer and, as one of the first to present a course of mathematics on television in 1952-53, she was in great demand both as a lecturer and as a consultant for presenting mathematics on film or TV.
Mary Cartwright was the first woman mathematician to be elected to the Royal Society. She became Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge.
One of New Zealand’s leading teachers of ballet.
Lenore Blum is an American mathematician who has made important advances in computer science.
Frances E. Willard (1839-1898) was an American educator, suffragist and temperance reformer.