Dr Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

US civil rights activist Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and one of three women chosen to be a field director for the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project.

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Jane Searle

In her parallel ministries within the Salvation Army and the National Council of Women, she used both her platform ability and her fine administrative skills to champion the cause of women.

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Kathleen Hall

Her longstanding support of China and its people was significant in a period when many New Zealanders had little understanding of events there.

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