Hannah Retter
Muaūpoko; founding mother, midwife
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Eleanor Southey Baker McLaglan
New Zealand doctor
Jean Mary Sandel
One of two surgeons employed by the Taranaki Hospital Board, she rapidly established a reputation for her ability and diligence; by 1964 she was the leader of the surgical department’s staff of eight.
Grace Margaret Wilson
On the outbreak of the first world war Wilson joined the Australian Army Nursing Service and was appointed principal matron of the first military district. In 1915 she proceeded overseas as principal matron of the 3rd Australian general hospital, one of several positions she would occupy during the war.
Helen Stephen Cowie
Dr Helen, as she was known, specialised in obstetrics and anaesthetics
Catherine Carran
New Zealander who experienced the wars of the north, the goldrush, pioneering on a sheep run and small farms, and acting as midwife and nurse to a region in the process of settlement, and met all these challenges with exceptional fortitude.
Ethel Bentham
Irish doctor and Member of Parliament
Elizabeth Bell
Irish medical doctor and suffragist
Ettie Annie Rout
Ettie Rout gained a public profile as a cyclist, vegetarian, freethinker and physical culturist.
Evelyn Augusta Conyers
Conyers had joined the Australian Army Nursing Service as a sister in 1903 and in 1914 went with the Australian Imperial Forces first to Cairo and later to Greece. In December she was appointed Matron-in-Chief with responsibility for almost all nurses serving overseas.