Dr Ruth Milne Hall
Australian microbiologist whose genetics research has provided insight into the transfer and evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
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Dr Lee Berger
Australian biologist and veterinarian, who discovered during her PhD that the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was responsible for the decline and extinction of hundreds of amphibian species.
Ruby Payne-Scott
Ruby Payne-Scott was an Australian pioneer in radio physics and radio astronomy, and is believed to have been the first female radio astronomer.
Mary Ward
Irish artist, naturalist, and astronomer
Catherine Anne Money
Australian biochemist who simplified the preparation of hides in Australian tanneries, now used globally to minimise tannery effluents and maximises hide quality
Dr Phyllis Clinch
Irish btoanist
Dr Victoria Coffey
One of the first female paediatricians in Ireland
Katharine Prescott Wormeley
American translator and author
Isabel Barrows
American editor and penologist
Sylvia Beach
In addition to owning and running the “bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company,” Beach spent her time advocating and networking for the writers and friends that were loyal to her shop.