Margaret Stevenson
New Zealand proponent of the Baha’i faith
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Mary Joseph Aubert
Mother Aubert’s career in New Zealand spanned more than six decades. There was scarcely one of these decades in which she did not initiate a new venture or stamp her personality on some major project. Her lasting legacy to New Zealand was the religious order she founded.
Mary Martin
New Zealand community leader, teacher and writer
Hikapuhi
Māori healer who came to prominence in 1905
Libby Lane
In 2015, Libby Lane was consecrated as the Bishop of Stockport, becoming the first woman appointed by the Church of England as a bishop following the July 2014 decision by the general synod to allow women to become bishops.
Abigail Goodrich Whittlesey
American philanthropist who supported mothers
Evelyn Underhill
Influential English writer and theologian renowned for her extensive work on religion and spiritual practice, particularly in the field of mysticism.
Chrodielde
Ambitious French nun in the 500s
Thomasita Fessler
Renowned American sculptor and a Dominican nun known for her contributions to religious and liturgical art.
Mary Bosanquet Fletcher
English preacher credited with convincing John Wesley, a founder of Methodism, to allow women to preach in public.