Dr Zelma Watson George
African-American opera singer, educator, and civic leader
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Juana Alarco de Dammert
Peruvian philanthropist and benefactor, especially renowned for her dedication to children’s welfare.
Biddy Mason
African-American nurse and a pioneering real estate entrepreneur.
Florida J Wolfe
Prominent African-American socialite, cattle rancher, and philanthropist in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, around the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Gretta Cousins
Irish suffragist, educator, and theosophist
Ann O’Donnell
New Zealand farmer, grocer, hotel proprietor
Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena
Argentine aristocrat and philanthropist.
Eleanor Abbott
Eleanor Abbott created the game Candy Land while she was recovering from polio
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Hawaiian noblewoman and renowned philanthropist, celebrated for her significant contributions to the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Claribel Cone
Claribel Cone significantly contributed to two distinct fields: biology and the patronage of modern French art.