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.
New Zealand Catholic nun, teacher and nursing school matron
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.
New Zealand Catholic nun, school principal and historian
New Zealand Catholic nun and hospital matron
New Zealand Catholic nun and teacher
New Zealand Salvation Army officer and social worker
New Zealand Wesleyan missionary, temperance and welfare worker and suffragist
New Zealand Catholic nun and teacher
New Zealand writer, lecturer and spiritualist