Emily White
Emily White made a significant contribution to community and horticultural life in New Zealand, and was her adopted country’s first woman gardening author of note.
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Lydia Shackleton
Irish botanical artist, teacher, and poet
Caitlin Thomas
Irish writer
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the most well-known Black female writers and playwrights of her time. Known for writing most about love and womanhood, Douglas Johnson’s published works touched many and were featured in the most widely-read Black publications of the twentieth century.
Audrey Oldfield
A committed feminist, author of what remains the definitive work on the history of Australian women’s fight for the vote, Women Suffrage in Australia: a Gift or Struggle (1992)
Jane Fletcher
Jane Fletcher published a number of books on nature and nature study and broadcast on 7ZL Hobart and 3LO Melbourne. In 1934 she became the first woman to lecture to the Royal Society of Tasmania. She was an outstanding bird observer with a particular interest in crakes and rails.
Teresa Deevy
Irish playwright
Charlotte Despard
Irish suffragist, nationalist, socialist, and writer
Signe Toksvig
Danish novelist, biographer, and diarist
Sara Teasdale
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet