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New Zealand community activist
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Dr Rajeshwari Chatterjee
Rajeshwari Chatterjee was the first female engineer from Karnataka and a prominent figure at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, where she served as a distinguished professor and later as the chair of the Electrical Communication Engineering department.
Marie Tharp
Marie Tharp was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. In the 1950s, she worked with geologist Bruce Heezen to make the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
Beatrice Shilling
Beatrice Shilling was a multi-talented British woman who excelled in aeronautical engineering, motorcycle racing, and sports car competitions.
Dr Sarah Stewart
Sarah Stewart was a Mexican-American researcher renowned for her pioneering work in viral oncology research. She was the first to demonstrate the transmission of cancer-causing viruses from one animal to another.
Amparo Poch y Gascón
Amparo Poch y Gascón was a significant Spanish figure in the fields of anarchism, pacifism, medicine, and activism during the Spanish Civil War.
Dr Miliama Simeona
Miliama Simeona was a distinguished gynaecologist and obstetrician, and one of two women, alongside Nese Ituaso-Conway, to become Tuvalu’s first female doctors.
Claudine Picardet
Claudine Picardet was notable in chemistry, mineralogy, and meteorology during the late 18th century.
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Nobel Prize-winning British chemist renowned for her work in X-ray crystallography.
Shinobu M Poll
Distinguished Chuukese nurse and advocate for women’s rights in Micronesia