Annie Tocker
New Zealand librarian, Methodist deaconess, nurse and child welfare officer
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Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell’s life was devoted to education in its widest sense. She sought to be informed, to empathise with people and to seek fair and equitable solutions to social and personal problems. Her home was a haven for those in need of hospitality.
Mary Simpson
Mary Simpson was a religious healer and teacher who was largely responsible for establishing the Christian Science church in New Zealand. A strong – some would say autocratic – spiritual leader, she later founded and led a breakaway group known as the Divine Science Fellowship.
Mary Agnes Canty
New Zealand Catholic nun, teacher and nursing school matron
Mary St Domitille Hickey
New Zealand Catholic nun, school principal and historian
Mary Gonzaga Leahy
New Zealand Catholic nun and hospital matron
Mary Josepha Nowland
New Zealand Catholic nun and teacher
Annie Rudman
New Zealand Salvation Army officer and social worker
Annie Schnackenberg
New Zealand Wesleyan missionary, temperance and welfare worker and suffragist
Mary Gertrude Banahan
New Zealand Catholic nun and teacher