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Amy Kane

In 1951 she was appointed an OBE for services to women’s organisations. She continued to serve them faithfully for another 20 years and in 1963 was the first New Zealand woman to complete 100,000 flying miles.

Rhoda Coghill

Irish pianist, composer, and poet

Isabella Bird

English travelor and author

Jeanne Marie Guyon

French religious writer, remembered for the persecutions she experienced because of her views.

Assia Djebar

Best known by her pen name Assia Djebar, Fatima-Zohra Imalayen was an Algerian feminist novelist, translator and filmmaker, considered one of North Africa’s most influential writers.