Gertrude Denman
Director of the Women’s Land Army during the Second World War, and President of the Women’s Institute from 1917 – 1946.
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Betty Baxter
Violet ‘Betty’ Baxter became known as the ‘Silver Lady’, for her support and work with those facing homelessness and destitution.
Jane Cunningham Croly
American author, and journalist, better known as Jennie June
Ellen Stuart
Eliza Shaw Hood, Ellen Stuart, and Kate Warfield all hailed from Glen Ellen. All three lived and worked near one another, and all three took over the wineries owned by their respective husbands in the late 1870s and early 1880s.
Kate Warfield
Eliza Shaw Hood, Ellen Stuart, and Kate Warfield all hailed from Glen Ellen. All three lived and worked near one another, and all three took over the wineries owned by their respective husbands in the late 1870s and early 1880s.
Frona Eunice Wait
American journalist
Hannah Weinberger
The first woman winemaker from the United States to be given an award on the world stage, who produced the first California wine to ever be awarded an international medal.
Josephine Tychson
After losing her husband to suicide during his battle with tuberculosis, Josephine undertook an extensive rebuilding of his winery and oversaw the very first harvest. She kept the business alive until 1895 when she decided to sell it to the then burgeoning giant Italian Swiss Colony. The winery, located near St. Helena, still stands today as part of Freemark Abbey Wines.
Eliza Shaw Hood
Eliza Shaw Hood, Ellen Stuart, and Kate Warfield all hailed from Glen Ellen. All three lived and worked near one another, and all three took over the wineries owned by their respective husbands in the late 1870s and early 1880s.
Nan Kent-Johnston
New Zealand community support activist