Fabiola
Founder of the first hospital in Rome.
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Barbara Juliane von Krüdener
Russian novelist and mystic
Kiyo Minijima
Japanese businesswoman and philanthropist
Saint Olympias
Friend to the sick, the poor, prisoners and exiles
Jenny Lind
Swedish singer of international renown
Jane Stanford
American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University
Radegund of Poitiers
Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, founder of a scholarly abbey
Isabella Flora Siteman
Although lacking formal education, Isabella Siteman was aware of the benefits it could confer. She decided to devote a large part of her savings to the better education of students who required financial help. Her will left the residue of her estate in trust for this purpose. The Isabella Siteman Scholarship was founded in 1923 and was intended to provide assistance to young men and women who wished to obtain a university education in New Zealand.
Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)
Mary Augusta Humphry Ward
Immensely popular English novelist.