Jane Preshaw
New Zealand nurse, midwife and hospital matron of Reefton Hospital
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Agnes Bankier
Australian geneticist
Helen Churchill Candee
American journalist, author, and social reformer, who achieved widespread recognition for her diverse career and her survival of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
Agnes Ibbetson
English vegetable physiologist
Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier
French chemist recognized for her invaluable contributions to science
Caterina Sforza
Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, and regent for her son
Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz
Prominent American educator and naturalist, best known for her significant contributions to the field of education, particularly for women, and for co-founding Radcliffe College, which later became part of Harvard University.
Dr Mattie E Coleman
Trailblazing African American physician and community leader
Biddy Mason
African-American nurse and a pioneering real estate entrepreneur.
Dr Virginia M Alexander
African-American physician, researcher, and public health advocate who broke significant barriers in medicine and academia.