Ruth Graisberry
Irish printer who succeeded her husband as college printer in 1822 after successfully petitioning the Trinity College Dublin to retain her, with the backing of the leading figures in the capital’s printing trade.
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Veronica Ryan
Irish founder and headmistress of the Children’s House Montessori School
Mary E Garrett
American philanthropist who donated money to start the Johns Hopkins University Medical School in 1893 on the condition that the school would accept women students “on the same terms as men”.
Soraya Tarzi
Queen Soraya Tarzi of Afghanistan pushed to modernise the country from the 1920s onward, promoting freedoms and rights for women.
Aïssata Kane
Mauritian political Aïssata Touré Kane served as the country’s first female government minister as part of President Moktar Ould Daddah’s cabinet from 1975 to 1978, when the government was overthrown by a military coup.
Olive Mellor
Olive Mellor was a pioneer and advocate of women’s horticultural and garden design education and professional status. She became one of the first Australian trained professional horticulturist and garden designers, designing over 500 gardens throughout her career. She was a published author, radio broadcaster and wrote prolifically for magazines and newspapers.
Cora Wilson Stewart
American educator and reformer, known as “The Moonlight-School Lady”.
Alice Easton Law
At New Zealand’s Jubilee Institute for the Blind, she taught the piano and encouraged her students to believe that visual impairment was no impediment to music. Using Braille, she guided them through their examinations and produced several high-quality musicians.
Mary Blythe Law
Mary Law’s influence on teaching the blind was immense. When she began working at the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, education for the blind in New Zealand and elsewhere was limited to imparting basic knowledge and survival skills. Early New Zealand teachers such as Jane Collier had gone resolutely against this trend, introducing innovative teaching methods: these were picked up and extended by Mary Law.
Mary Carpenter
English philanthropist and author active in working for the benefit of orphaned or neglected children.