Vilma Hugonnai
In 1879, Countess Vilma Hugonnai successfully defended her dissertation and was awarded a medical doctorate by the University of Zurich.
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Kono Yasui
Japanese biologist and cytologist (scientist who studies cells) Kono Yasui became the first Japanese woman to receive a doctoral degree in science in 1927.
Ellen Dougherty
New Zealand nurse and hospital matron
Leslie de Barra
Irish republican and Red Cross pioneer
Lucy Cane
Irish public servant and assistant director of the Women’s Royal Naval Service during WWI
Valerie Place
Irish nurse and overseas aid worker
Enid Tapsell
New Zealand nurse, community leader, writer and local politician
Mary Joseph Aubert
Mother Aubert’s career in New Zealand spanned more than six decades. There was scarcely one of these decades in which she did not initiate a new venture or stamp her personality on some major project. Her lasting legacy to New Zealand was the religious order she founded.
Isobel Bennett
Australian marine biologist, particularly renowned as a pioneer of coral reef biology.
Vicki Noonan
Australian who worked on the Astrographic Catalogue at Melbourne Observatory from 1907 to 1909.