Dr Marion J Finkel
Her work on the regulation of generic drugs and products for rare diseases helped make valuable treatments more available.
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Dr Mattie Rae Spivey Fox
Dr. Mattie Rae Spivey Fox made substantial contributions to the field of trace nutrient investigations and the work of the FDA in regulating food, and thereby advanced the health and well-being of the public.
Dr Vera Scantlebury Brown
Australian doctor; director of the Victorian Health Department’s section of infant welfare 1926-1946. She wrote books on the care of infants and young children and her 1937 report for the National Health and Medical Research Council prompted government funding of the Lady Gowrie Child Centres.
Samia Baho
Samia Baho has made an outstanding contribution to addressing the various barriers to ensure appropriate services are available for African women in Victoria, Australia.
Dr Misty Jenkins
Dr Jenkins is a woman of Gunditjama descent and an advocate for gender equity, Aboriginal health and education.
Karen Silkwood
Silkwood was a chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee’s plutonium fuels production plant in Crescent, Oklahoma, and a member of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers’ Union. She was also an activist who was critical of plant safety and her suspicious death remains unsolved.
Madeleine ffrench-Mullen
Irish nationalist and social advocate
Margaret Tufts Swan Yardley
Margaret Tufts Swan Yardley (1844-1928) was a founding member and the first president of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Ethel Lennox
Ethel Lennox drove the creation of Upham’s Corner Neighborhood Health Center and was a community health advocate across Boston.
Lugenia Burns Hope
Lugenia Burns Hope was an early 1900s social activist, reformer, and community organizer. Spending most of her career in Atlanta, she worked for the improvement of Black communities through traditional social work, community health campaigns, and political pressure for better education and infrastructure.