Dr James Barry
Army doctor
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Dr Alice Mary Barry
Irish doctor of the early 1900s
Christine Buckley
Irish nurse, midwife and advocate for survivors of childhood abuse in religious and state-supported institutions
Cora Mildred Maris Clark
An enthusiastic player of what was a thoroughly physical contest (against mud and rough playing fields as well as the opposition), Clark held that no limitations should be placed on how women played or organised what she saw as ‘their’ game of hockey.
Annie Aves
New Zealand abortionist of the early 1900s
Dr Ann Preston
American physician and educator who entered the Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia in 1850, when the institution was opened, graduated two years later, and was professor of physiology and hygiene from 1854 and dean from 1866.
Dr Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
Dr Lozier graduated (1853) at the Syracuse Medical College, and began to practice in New York City, where she had great success as a surgeon.
Ākenehi Hei
Her ability and dedication to her task overcame initial opposition and became a beacon for others, both Māori and Pākehā, when a Māori health nursing service was officially established in 1911.
Mary Putnam Jacobi
American physician Mary Putnam Jacobi was the first woman to graduate from the New York College of Pharmacy, and the first woman to study medicine at the University of Paris.
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori
Italian physician and educator, founder of the Montessori System of teaching children