Esther Seager
The Seagers carried out innovative, humane, and imaginative policies in their treatment of the patients at Sunnyside asylum in New Zealand.
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Grace Margaret Wilson
On the outbreak of the first world war Wilson joined the Australian Army Nursing Service and was appointed principal matron of the first military district. In 1915 she proceeded overseas as principal matron of the 3rd Australian general hospital, one of several positions she would occupy during the war.
Helen Stephen Cowie
Dr Helen, as she was known, specialised in obstetrics and anaesthetics
Catherine Carran
New Zealander who experienced the wars of the north, the goldrush, pioneering on a sheep run and small farms, and acting as midwife and nurse to a region in the process of settlement, and met all these challenges with exceptional fortitude.
Mabel Osgood Wright
Popular American nature writer and novelist
Ethel Bentham
Irish doctor and Member of Parliament
Kitty Kain
Kitty Kain was appointed superintendent of New Zealand’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1941.
Edith Blake
Irish botanical illustrator and writer
Maude Delap
Irish naturalist and marine biologist
Constance Delap
With her father and sisters she collected plants and animals from the shore and, following her father’s habit, began writing and sending specimens to the Natural History Museum in London.