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Martha King

Botanical artist (1802/1803−1897)

Georgina Hetley

Botanical artist (1832-1898)
  • Botanical artist (1832-1898)

Sarah Featon

Botanical artist (1848-1927)
  • Botanical artist (1848-1927)

Emily Harris

Botanical artist (1836/37-1925)
  • Botanical artist (1836/37-1925)

Miss Hirst

Astronomical observer, dates of birth and death unknown
  • Astronomical observer, dates of birth and death unknown

Emma Cheeseman

Painter and taxidermist (1846-1927/28)
  • Painter and taxidermist (1846-1927/28)

Kate Edger

New Zealand's first female university graduate (1857-1935)
  • New Zealand's first female university graduate (1857-1935)

Helen Connon

Teacher (1859/60-1903)
  • Teacher (1859/60-1903)

Caroline Freeman

Teacher (1855/56-1914)
  • Teacher (1855/56-1914)

Catherine Alexander

First known woman to publish a paper in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Trans...
  • First known woman to publish a paper in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Transactions (1862-1928)

Katherine Browning

Teacher (1864-1946)
  • Teacher (1864-1946)

Josephine Rich

Zoologist (1866-1940)
  • Zoologist (1866-1940)

Mary Aldis

Scientific author (1840?-1897)
  • Scientific author (1840?-1897)

Emily Siedeberg

Doctor (1873-1968)
  • Doctor (1873-1968)

Margaret Cruickshank

Doctor (1873-1918)
  • Doctor (1873-1918)

Alice Woodward Horsley

Doctor (1871-1957)
  • Doctor (1871-1957)

Constance Frost

Doctor, bacteriologist, pathologist (1862-1920)
  • Doctor, bacteriologist, pathologist (1862-1920)

Elsie Low

Teacher and botanist (1875-1909)
  • Teacher and botanist (1875-1909)

Elizabeth Herriott

Botanist (1882-1936)
  • Botanist (1882-1936)

Ellen Blackwell

Botanist (1864-1952)
  • Botanist (1864-1952)

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