Elspeth Beard
The first British woman to ride a motorcycle around the world in 1982-84.
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Amaza Lee Meredith
Despite being prevented from a career as a professional architect as an African-American woman in the early and mid-1900s, Amaza Lee Meredith left a legacy through her work.
Ailsa Trundle
Ailsa Trundle was one of the first Australian women to be offered a partnership in an architectural firm (1943).
Ruth Alsop
Ruth Alsop was the first Victorian woman to qualify as an architect.
Danuta Kornaus-Wejchert
Polish-Irish architect
Eliza Pratt Greatorex
Irish-American architectural artist, born in Ireland
Eleanor Butler
Irish senator, social campaigner, and architect
Mariana Van Rensselaer
American author, elected as honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, and in 1910 received the degree of Litt. D. from Columbia University.
Jeanne de Pompodour
Influential mistress of King Louis XV
Phyllis Murphy
She was among the few practising female architects of the era, and probably the only one since Marion Mahony Griffin to be involved in such a significant public project in Australia.