Thyra Avis Mary Acres
New Zealander Thyra Avis produced a comic strip and books featuring two pohutukawa fairies called Hutu and Kawa, which conveyed an understanding of ecology and a strong conservationist ethos.
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Ina Mabel Lamason
Ina Lamason was a sporting phenomenon. She represented New Zealand at cricket and hockey, was an international hockey umpire and served both sports as an administrator.
Dorothy Hewett
Hewett’s frank and often personal depiction of female sexuality and strength was at times controversial, but cemented her reputation as a leading feminist, politically aware Australian writer who mastered many genres.
Caroline Chisholm
English philanthropist active in Australia
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
One of the great poets of England.
Elizabeth Inchbald
English actress, dramatist and novelist
Abbasa bint al-Mahdi
Princess and poet
Dot Simons
In an era when the achievements of women in sport received scant regard from New Zealand newspapers and radio, Dot Simons made the field her own.
Wendy Blacklock
Wendy Blacklock acted in some of the most iconic Australian television series of the 1970s, including Skippy, Homicide and Boney and also had a long-running role as ‘Mummy’ in the popular Australian television series Number 96 (1972-1977).
Wendy Lowenstein
Wendy Lowenstein was a pioneer of oral history, giving a voice to the ordinary people who lived history. Lowenstein was also an activist who engaged in a life-long fight for social justice.