Claudia Jones
Journalist born in Trinidad who dedicated her life to fighting racism inequality and injustice.
Journalist born in Trinidad who dedicated her life to fighting racism inequality and injustice.
Malysian Eurasian nurse and midwife during WWII who assisted resistance to the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
She was one of the first New Zealand women to enter the male-dominated field of film-making.
Irish poet
Columnist, newspaper editor and promoter of the Irish language
Davina Whitehouse’s career in performance spanned 70 years, from theatre and film roles in Britain between the 1920s and the 1940s to radio, theatre, television and film roles in New Zealand from the 1950s to the 2000s.
Irish writer
New Zealand activist and single mother Joss Shawyer campaigned for the rights of single mothers from the 1970s.
New Zealand activist and writer
Irish nationalist and heroine