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Kit Ahern

President of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association, senator and Teachta Dála

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.

Val Fraser

Val Fraser was an ‘outstanding member of the Communist Part of Queensland’. A clothing worker by trade, she was active on state, district and section committees of the CPQ, particularly in the 1940s and 50s, and a member of the women’s auxiliary of the Queensland Trades and Labour Council.

Hine-i-paketia

Hine-i-paketia was a leader of Heretaunga (Hawke’s Bay), and of the district extending south to the Manawatū Gorge, during the nineteenth century. She was publicly consulted by influential chiefs. She did not hesitate to speak at meetings and her name headed petitions to the governor.

Tini Whetu Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan

Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan was New Zealand’s first Māori woman cabinet minister, its longest-serving woman MP, and a staunch advocate in Parliament for Māori interests. An accomplished academic, social worker, designer, sportswoman and dancer, she paved the way for women to combine a political career with motherhood.

Jean McKenzie

She was one of the first three appointments to the New Zealand diplomatic service and was later promoted to the rank of minister, the first New Zealand woman to hold a position of such seniority in the Overseas Service.