Sonja Loveday Davies
New Zealand nurse, labour activist, women’s rights activist, politician and peace campaigner
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Harriott Ritchie
New Zealand hospital matron, servants’ home matron and dressmaker
Marie Bell
Marie Bell was an educator and tireless campaigner for the rights of both children and parents, challenging educational orthodoxies to ensure more child-centred practices and an environment more supportive of parents.
Phyllis Ryan
Irish actress and theatre producer
Mary Holland
Irish journalist
Vicki Baum
Jewish writer known for her impressive literary career
Helen Churchill Candee
American journalist, author, and social reformer, who achieved widespread recognition for her diverse career and her survival of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
Catherine de’ Medici
French queen
Eartha Kitt
American entertainer whose career spanned several decades and encompassed singing, acting, and dancing.
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks
African-American author, poet, and playwright, celebrated for her contributions to African American and Native American literature.