Frances Hugle
American scientist, engineer, and inventor who significantly contributed to our understanding of semiconductors, integrated circuitry, and the unique electrical principles of small-scale materials.
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Kaihau Te Rangikakapi Maikara Te Whāiti
Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana
Amy Curtis
Superintendent of the Women’s Royal Naval Service in the Portsmouth command (1939–44), worked in the resettlement advice service of the British ministry of labour and national service (1945–8), and was chief administrative officer of the Women’s Land Army in its last years (1948–50).
Annie Turnbo Malone
Businesswoman, inventor, and philanthropist who was one of the first African American women to become a millionaire.
Annie Cleland Millar
New Zealand baker and businesswoman
Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi
Māori Te Āti Awa leader, trader, innkeeper
Mildred Trent
Described as ‘one of the best known, most public-spirited, and most useful women in Canterbury’.
Mary Crooke
1600s Irish printer and bookseller
Emma Brignell Ostler
New Zealand teacher, prohibitionist, landowner, businesswoman
Emily Cordner-Pinkerton
Irish publisher