Charlotte Odlum Smith
In the 1880s, activist Charlotte Smith convinced the U.S. Patent Office to compile an official, comprehensive list of women who had been granted patents.
Category Archives: Activism > Public Health
Continue reading
Dr Janet Mary Campbell
English doctor Janet Mary Campbell was forced to resign from her civil service job in 1934 when she married, after having worked with departments ranging from the Board of Education (their first full-time woman medical officer), the War Cabinet during World War I and the Ministry of Health.
Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie
Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie was influential in popularising smallpox vaccination in Sweden; she also successfully forestalled the country’s last witch trial.
Alice Catherine Evans
While working at the Bureau of Animal Industry, Evans began investigating the bacteria Bacillus abortus, which was known to cause miscarriages in animals.
Melva Johnson
Aunty Melva Johnson is a respected Yorta Yorta elder and pioneer in developing health and education services for the Aboriginal community in Echuca, Victoria (Australia).
Dr Manjula O’Connor
Award-winning Indian-Australian psychiatrist, clinician, and researcher.
Beulah Bewley
Irish epidemiologist
Emma Hannigan
Irish author and cancer awareness advocate
Lyn Warren
Aboriginal Australian Elder using her own experiences to help and educate others.
Kathy Webb
Kathy Webb—the first openly gay member of the Arkansas General Assembly—has had a long career in private business, philanthropy, and local and state government.