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Sophia Jex-Blake

In 1886 she opened the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, of which she was dean until her retirement in 1899. She is the author of American Schools and Colleges, Medical Women and Care of Infants.

Anna Comnena

Greek historian and scholar

Ella Mary Latham

Philanthropist and medical reformer

Fabiola

Founder of the first hospital in Rome.

Mary Ashton Livermore

Journalist, Philanthropist, and Lecturer

Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke

Caring for soldiers, she declared that the officers were sufficiently looked after, and she would work where most needed. And they were ardently devoted to “Mother” Bickerdyke.

Mabel Te Aowhaitini Mangakāhia

The most eminent and successful Māori nurse of her day

Mary Wortley Montagu

English author and letter-writer, who promoted the practice of inoculation against smallpox in Britain.

Mary Henrietta Kingsley

English traveller, ethnologist and author

Jean Neill Erwin

When the New Zealand Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was formed in 1942, Jean Erwin was appointed to the position of commandant, Southern Military District, with the rank of senior commander (equivalent to major).