Dr Susan La Flesche Picotte
Pioneering Native American doctor from the Omaha tribe. She made history as the first Indigenous woman to earn a medical degree, and she tirelessly campaigned for public health and land rights for the Omaha tribe.
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Hine-i-tūrama Ngātiki
Ngāti Whakaue woman of mana
Hīria Kokoro-Barrett
Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe woman of mana, craftswoman, mutton-birder
Ethel Pritchard
New Zealand nurse who served in WWI
Bertha Parker Pallan
Pioneering Native American archaeologist known for her work at the Southwest Museum
Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi
Māori Te Āti Awa leader, trader, innkeeper
Fanny Howie
New Zealand singer and composer
Myrna Mack
Myrna Mack Chang was a respected Guatemalan anthropologist who was stabbed to death in 1990 by members of the Guatemalan military due to her criticism of the government’s treatment of the indigenous Maya and human rights abuses.
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.
Gregoria Apaza
Gregoria Apaza was an indigenous Aymara/Aimara leader in Bolivia. In 1781, she, along with her brother Julian Apaza (Tupac Katari) and sister-in-law Bartolina Sisa, played key roles in the indigenous uprising against Spanish colonial rule in Bolivia. They besieged La Paz and Sorata but were defeated and executed.