Mary Merrifield
Mary Philadelphia Merrifield was a self-taught artist, colour researcher, amateur scientist, and writer.
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Dr Helen Boyle
Helen Boyle (1869-1957) was Brighton’s first woman GP and transformed the lives of working-class women in the area through her ground-breaking treatment of mental illness.
Françoise Bruyère
Frenchwoman who treated the sick and injured in 1930s Egypt
Kata Bethlen
Romanian-Hungarian science writer
Maria Sibylla Merian
German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator.
S Lillian Clayton
Director of the Philadelphia School for Nursing
Linda Richards
The first professionally trained American nurse
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Navajo leader and activist
Dr Tota Venkova
The first woman physician of Bulgaria.
Dr Zelma Cesniece-Freudenfelde
When the Consultation Centre, “Mother and Child,” was formed in Latvia by Lady Paget, Dr. Cesniece-Freudenfelde became the head of the Medical Department.