Annie Dodge Wauneka
Navajo leader and activist
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Dr Tota Venkova
The first woman physician of Bulgaria.
Dr Zelma Cesniece-Freudenfelde
When the Consultation Centre, “Mother and Child,” was formed in Latvia by Lady Paget, Dr. Cesniece-Freudenfelde became the head of the Medical Department.
Dr Marie Heim-Vögtlin
Switzerland’s first female medical student, who dedicated her career as a doctor to the health of women and children
Sophie Mannerheim
Reformer of the training of nurses in Finland.
Dr Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Medical doctor and women’s health activist
Bernardina Frajoso de Rivera
Uruguayan philanthropist and benefactor, first lady of Uruguay in 1830 to 1834 and from 1838 to 1843
Nancy Bettjeman
The Bettjemans were among the first settlers to take up land at the ill-fated soldiers’ settlement in the Mangapurua valley in the Wanganui River hinterland. They were also among the last to leave.
Eve Logan
In 1977, Evelyn took up an administration post with the Family Practitioner Committee for Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, and over the next few years quickly rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Registrar.
Alice Wheatley
Alice Wheatley was awarded the ARRC in 1944 for her work in charge of the first nursing party of RAAF nurses in New Guinea. In 1951 Wheatley was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her work in the RAAF Nursing Service.