Kitty Seville
New Zealand health and welfare worker
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Amparo Poch y Gascón
Amparo Poch y Gascón was a significant Spanish figure in the fields of anarchism, pacifism, medicine, and activism during the Spanish Civil War.
Hulda Shipanga
Hulda Kamboi Shipanga was a Namibian nurse, midwife, and advisor to the Namibian Ministry of Health.
Florence Sabin
Florence Rena Sabin was the first woman to hold a full professorship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to lead a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. In her retirement years, she transitioned into a role as a public health activist in Colorado.
Dr Martha Ripley
Influential American physician, suffragist, and reformer, particularly known for her work in advancing women’s health care and reproductive rights.
Brigid Thornton
Irish public health doctor and first female commissioned officer in the Irish Free State army
Amy Hertz
Committed feminist and an advocate for women, children, the poor, and the elderly in the US.
Dr Jean Hailes
Australian medical practitioner whose primary focus was on women’s health issues.
Dr Mollie McGeown
Irish medical doctor and health service pioneer
Brigid McCole
Irish hepatitis C campaigner