Dr Lee Berger
Australian biologist and veterinarian, who discovered during her PhD that the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was responsible for the decline and extinction of hundreds of amphibian species.
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Dr Victoria Coffey
One of the first female paediatricians in Ireland
Katharine Prescott Wormeley
American translator and author
Isabel Barrows
American editor and penologist
Sylvia Beach
In addition to owning and running the “bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company,” Beach spent her time advocating and networking for the writers and friends that were loyal to her shop.
Hannah Retter
Muaūpoko; founding mother, midwife
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