Mabel Whitaker
During her long career as a country school teacher, Mabel Whitaker made a lasting impression on many hundreds of pupils.
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Mary St Domitille Hickey
New Zealand Catholic nun, school principal and historian
Andrea Jenkins
Andrea Jenkins made history in 2017 when she became the first African American, openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States. As a politician, poet, activist, and community historian, Jenkins strives to bring “the notion of love into the public discourse.”
Alicia Albornoz Bueno
Ecuadorian academic, writer and researcher.
Dr Barbara Bates
In 1974, Dr. Barbara Bates developed and wrote a guide to patient history taking that has become the standard text for medical students.
Dr Vanessa Northington Gamble
Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble is a physician and historian of medicine.
Erica O’Donnell
Irish art historian and WWII espionage officer
Esther Seligson
Esther Seligson was a writer and poet with an interest in Jewish philosophy, theater, and history.
Blanca Wiethüchter
Blanca Wiethüchter is considered one of Bolivia’s most comprehensive contemporary poets, having published continuously since 1975.
Ruth Sandvik
In addition to running the Trading Post in Kotzebue, Alaska, Ruth was influential in local politics and an avid historian, naturalist, and adventurer. She earned a degree in Biology and was one of University of Alaska Fairbanks’ first Inupiaq graduates. Ruth and her family were a critical support for the Archaelogical work conducted in Kobuk Valley National Park by Louis Giddings and Doug Anderson. She had a passion for history and the heritage of the Iñupiat.