Toshiko Takaezu
One of America’s foremost ceramic artists and a highly regarded teacher of ceramics. She was credited with being one of the key figures in the mid-century transformation of ceramics from craft to fine art.
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Alice Casneau
A successful dressmaker and clubwoman, Alice Casneau had an active professional and public life in Boston during the turn of the 20th century.
Mary Lee
Scottish-New Zealander dressmaker and coalminer
Bridget Cleary
Irish dressmaker
Harriet Bagwell
Irish philanthropist and promoter of local industry
Mary Hames
New Zealand dressmaker, farmer and domestic servant
Agnes II
Abbess of Quedlinburg and one of the most distinguished artists of the 1100s, excelling in miniature painting and embroidery.
Avice Bowbyes
New Zealand home science lecturer and writer
Harriott Ritchie
New Zealand hospital matron, servants’ home matron and dressmaker
Mary Jane Milne
Irish-New Zealand businesswoman whose energy and ability ensured that the company adapted, and survived lean as well as buoyant times. It provided employment for many shop assistants, dressmakers and managers, as other departments developed from the millinery and drapery business. Her buying trips ensured that some of the finest goods were imported into Auckland from European markets.