Elsie Cassels
Scottish-Canadian naturalist, farmer, and office holder
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Vicki-Jo Russell
Australian environmentalist
Dr Gbemi Oluleye
Nigerian chemical engineer working in the energy sector on the sustainability side
Dr Diane Hildebrandt
Director of the Institute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability, and Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Africa.
Lutchmee Marie
Indian-South African activist
Claudine Schneider
The first woman elected from Rhode Island to the U.S. House of Representatives, Schneider earned a reputation as one of the House’s strongest environmental advocates.
Denise Soesilo
German hockey player and environmental health activist
Dr Adisa Azapagić
Chemical engineer and academic from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who has worked mainly in the UK
Virginia Sink
The first woman automotive engineer at Chrysler; by 1950 she was the Group Leader in the Chemical Research Department and worked on the LA smog project from 1957 until 1962 when she co-developed Chrysler’s Cleaner Air Package.
Dr Lilia Ann Abron
Lilia Ann Abron’s chemistry BS and sanitary engineering MS led to her PhD on reverse osmosis to remove DDT and Aldrin from water and her career on a wide range of environmental engineering and sustainability projects.