Mary Joy Langdon

Sister Mary Joy Langdon, who has the renown of being Britain’s first female retained professional fire-fighter before going on to create an innovative charity, introducing inner-city children and young people with disabilities to horse riding and equine therapy.

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Jacquetta Gomes

Jacquetta Gomes is a Bodhicarini (1994), Sangha [Community of Buddhist Monks] Authorized Dhamma Teacher (1983), and Upasika (1975) in Theravada Buddhism, and was the first Buddhist Fire Chaplain.

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Ngalifourou

Ngalifourou was the last Queen of the Teke, or Bateke, people in the Tio kingdom (a region located in Gabon, Congo Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo).

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