Journalism Archives - Page 26 of 31

Annie Jenness Miller

American dress reformer, author, publisher and lecturer

Emily Faithfull

English philanthropist who took a great interest in the conditions of working women

Barbara Winifred Matthews

As writers and passionate gardeners, Jim and Barbara Matthews informed and inspired countless New Zealand gardeners.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Journalist, short-story writer, and novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Yearling (1938).

Ophelia Settle Egypt was a medical social worker and women’s rights advocate. She is remembered for many things, including her work to make women’s and reproductive healthcare accessible to the Black communities in Southeast Washington, DC. However, she was also critical in preserving the histories of formerly enslaved African Americans in the early twentieth century, fighting against preventable ailments in Black communities across the country, and for authoring a children’s book.

Ina Mabel Lamason

Ina Lamason was a sporting phenomenon. She represented New Zealand at cricket and hockey, was an international hockey umpire and served both sports as an administrator.

Dorothy Hewett

Hewett’s frank and often personal depiction of female sexuality and strength was at times controversial, but cemented her reputation as a leading feminist, politically aware Australian writer who mastered many genres.

Dot Simons

In an era when the achievements of women in sport received scant regard from New Zealand newspapers and radio, Dot Simons made the field her own.

Elizabeth Messenger

Elizabeth Messenger’s novels, once popular enough to be serialised and translated into other languages, are now difficult to obtain. Her recipe books appear to have been more durable.

Adah Isaacs Menken

Actress Adah Isaacs Menken was noted as a woman of extraordinary beauty, culture, and brilliancy. She was famous for her marriages and divorces, and a volume of poetry by her was published as Infelicia (1868).