In 1917 she began a pharmaceutical apprenticeship with Frank Brooks, studying by correspondence. Long hours worked during the 1918 influenza epidemic meant that her studies were put on hold until the emergency was over. In 1921 Ruth Webb passed her final examinations, reputedly achieving the top marks in New Zealand. Unable to register as a pharmacist until aged 21, she had to wait until March 1922 before she could officially use the letters MPS after her name.
Dorothy Shineberg was a leader in the history profession, who made a pioneering contribution to Pacific history, especially Melanesian history and the history of imported Pacific Island labourers in New Caledonia.
English writer; her most important works are her memoirs of the courts of Elizabeth (1818) James I (1822), and Charles I (1833), and her Memoirs of Addison (1843).
Irish historian and politician
American writer on colonial history.
In 1945 she founded and became secretary of the New Plymouth branch of the New Zealand National Party, and in 1951 became chairwoman of the New Plymouth women’s section. She went on to become a dominion councillor (1951–54) and women’s vice president (1953–54), and a member of the dominion executive in 1954 and of the dominion policy advisory committee in 1956.
American author, elected as honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, and in 1910 received the degree of Litt. D. from Columbia University.
English writer of various books of prose and verse, chiefly remembered for her admirable translation of Epictetus, the first that appear in English.
Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist
Bernice Johnson Reagon is a renowned composer, historian, musician, and activist. She is also credited with founding Sweet Honey in the Rock, an all-female and all-Black acapella group. Much of her work centers Black identity and social justice and many of her musical projects highlight the Civil Rights Era.