Rachel Levine became the highest-ranking openly transgender government official in U.S. history when she was confirmed by the Senate as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health in March 2021. Her clinical and public health work has helped people dealing with a range of medical issues, including eating disorders, the opioid crisis, and COVID-19.
New Zealand barber, dental assistant, entertainer and milliner
New Zealand founding mother, midwife and nurse
New Zealand midwife, welfare worker, feminist and social reformer
1800s New Zealand missionary, teacher and nurse
1800s New Zealand nurse and community leader
1800s New Zealand missionary, nurse and teacher
New Zealand dentist, Seventh-day Adventist and social reformer
Nobel Prize winner Karikó’s research and perseverance proved that mRNA vaccines were possible and paved the way for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to end the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Irish nurse, centenarian and memoirist