Dr Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Medical doctor and women’s health activist
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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.
Elenora Fleury
Irish medical doctor
Ellen Kettle
Ellen Kettle worked in medical services, particularly for Indigenous people in Australia’s Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea.
Wáng Zhènyì
Qing dynasty scientist Wang Zhenyi accomplished much in her short life, excelling particularly in astronomy, mathematics and poetry.
Dorothy Pattison
English surgical nurse who had sole charge of a hospital in Walsall.
Martha G Kimball
American philanthropist and war nurse