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Ruby Hutchison

Ruby Hutchison (1892-1974) was a firebrand West Australian politician and community activist who was active in the early stages of the Australian Consumers’ Association (now Choice).

Violet Conolly

Irish authority on Soviet Russia and traveller

Joséphine de Beauharnais

First wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, and first Empress of France.

Winnie Carney

Irish trade unionist, feminist, and republican

Daisy Greville

British philanthropist and social leader

Margaret Buckley

Irish republican, trade unionist, and writer

Margaret Gaj

Irish restaurateur, radical, and political activist

Garmson was active on behalf of the unemployed, and supported the interests of women workers both within and outside the union. She persuaded the New Zealand Workers’ Union to endorse the organisation of women into trade unions, and proposed that a women’s branch of the NZWU be formed.