Angelina Noble
Aboriginal Australian translator and missionary
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Harriet E Bishop
Harriet Bishop, best known as the founder of St. Paul’s first public and Sunday schools, was also a social reformer, land agent, and writer.
Sunya Pratt
Exposed to Buddhism at a young age, Reverend Sunya Gladys Pratt became an important spiritual leader for Jodo Shinshu Buddhists in the Pacific Northwest.
Maria Keawea Maki
Maria Keawea Maki was among the Native Hawaiians who participated in nineteenth-century Anglo-led missionary efforts in Oregon Territory.
Aiko Fujitani
Community and religious leader in Hawai’i.
Georgia Elliott
Pioneer in the Deaf women’s rights movement
Yoshiko Yamanouchi
Yoshiko Yamanouchi (1895–1973) was an early Buddhist community leader, businesswoman, and amateur painter.
Sae Tachikawa
Picture bride who was a noted educator and promoter of Japanese culture in Hawai’i.
Benedicta Riepp
Mother Benedicta (Sybilla) Riepp was the founder of the Roman Catholic Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in North America. By 1946, Saint Benedict’s Monastery was the largest community of Benedictine Sisters in the world.
Kateri Tekakwitha
The first North American indigenous person to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church