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Jessie Mackay

Jessie Mackay’s crusading spirit informed her poetry, and her poetry is a record of all the causes she held dear.

In 1901 she established a women’s collective clothing factory and was appointed the chair of its board. She continued her work for electoral reform and moved the resolution that brought the South Australian National Council of Women into existence, although she found the organisation too cautious and resigned from the executive in 1906.

Maggie Daly

Maggie Daly was a fashion model and organiser of fashion shows; she was also a journalist and gossip columnist and appeared regularly on television.

Sheila Daly

Sheila Daly wrote syndicated newspaper columns and worked in advertising.

Ellen Scanlan

New Zealand’s most widely read popular novelist of the 1930s and 1940s

Maureen Daly

Irish journalist and novelist

Joan Trimble

Irish pianist, composer, and newspaper proprietor

Margaret Bullock

Energetic and talented, Margaret Bullock was a pioneer in several respects. As a journalist and parliamentary correspondent she gained entrance into a predominantly male profession. She also played a pivotal role in the nineteenth century women’s movement at both local and national levels.

Amy Kane

In 1951 she was appointed an OBE for services to women’s organisations. She continued to serve them faithfully for another 20 years and in 1963 was the first New Zealand woman to complete 100,000 flying miles.

Juliette Adam

French writer whose Novelle Revue, founded in 1879, and salon were politically influential