Grace Hirst
New Zealand farmer, midwife, nurse and businesswoman
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Betty Sullivan
Betty Julia Sullivan was a female pioneer in the field of chemical engineering, where she won several prestigious awards against strict competition.
Dr Ella Cora Hind
Canadian journalist, agriculturalist, Women’s rights activist and suffragist.
Hannah Wilkinson Slater
Hannah Wilkinson Slater was an early American pioneer and inventor.
Helen Major
Helen Major was an amateur historian and an active volunteer at the Mills Archive.
Tabitha Babbitt
Sarah Tabitha Babbitt is believed to have invented the first circular saw for use in a sawmill between 1810 and 1813.
Hettie Jones
The last Melin Bompren miller
Amy B Smith
Amy Smith is an inventor, teacher and founder of MIT D-Lab and Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
Sybilla Righton Masters
Sybilla Righton Masters was the first person living in the American colonies to be awarded an English patent – two in fact, and possibly the first female machinery inventor in America.
Eva Ekeblad
Countess Eva Ekeblad was a Swedish salon hostess, scientist and agronomist.