Annie James
New Zealand missionary and nurse
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Jane Collier
She laid the foundations for educational attainment among blind people in New Zealand, when many assumed that the blind were incapable of leading productive lives.
Jeannetta Blackie
New Zealand governess, teacher and church administrator
Mary Pulling
Founding headmistress of the Diocesan High School for Girls in Auckland.
Annie Henry
New Zealand Presbyterian missionary who worked in Maori communities
Florence Keller
A few years before her retirement in her mid 90s, Florence Keller was acclaimed the oldest practising surgeon in the world.
Matilda Jane Evans
English-Australian author of religious tales
Agnes II
Abbess of Quedlinburg and one of the most distinguished artists of the 1100s, excelling in miniature painting and embroidery.
Mere Rikiriki
Ngāti Apa prophet
Jane Bulstrode
The two Bulstrode sisters were Englishwomen who came to New Zealand to take charge of Hukarere Native Girls’ School in Napier in 1899.