Winifred Annie Valentine (1886 - 1968) was a New Zealand teacher and educationalist. She was born in Hawksbury, Otago, New Zealand in 1886. Winifred completed her teacher training in Dunedin. In 1921 she travelled to Canada under a reciprocal arrangement with the Canadian Educational Authority.[1] She was a fighter for the rights to an education for children with special educational needs.[2] She died in Wellington on 6 August 1968.[3]