Francisca Fernández-Hall

Guatemalan engineer and diplomat Francisca Fernández-Hall Zúñiga was the first woman to graduate from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the first woman to earn an engineering degree in Central America, the first woman to be accepted and attend the Instituto Militar de Engenharia of Brazil, and Guatemala’s first female ambassador.

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Anne Page

Anne Barbara Page, who graduated from the London School of Economics in 1912 with a First Class Honours degree in Economics and went on to work as private secretary for Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, a Conservative Party Chairman and LSE Chair of Governors from 1916-1935.

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Ruth Cavendish Bentinck

Founder of the Cavendish Bentinck Library, Ruth was involved with the National Federation of Women Workers and the Fabian Society. She was also a keen supporter of the women’s suffrage movement.

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