Dr Linny Kimly Phuong
Dr Linny Kimly Phuong is a respected paediatric infectious diseases physician, researcher, public health communicator, and community advocate.
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Dr Kerry Arabena
Professor Kerry Arabena has an enduring commitment to Indigenous Australian health, education, and advocacy.
Keran Howe
It was a car accident in 1972 that led Keran Howe towards her lifelong dedication to women’s health and advocacy for the rights of people with disabilities, particularly women.
Leila Denmark
Leila Denmark was the oldest practicing pediatrician in the United States when she retired in 2001 at the age of 103. In seventy years of practice, Denmark rarely charged patients more than ten dollars for an office consultation, and it was not unusual for her to spend an hour counseling a new mother.
Frances Freeborn Pauley
Frances Pauley, social activist and political organizer, devoted her life to the battle against prejudice and discrimination in the southern US.
Karleen Plunkett
Karleen is a proud Australian woman with a disability, who works to empower others with disabilities and influence systemic change.
Mildred Chadsey
American social reformer
Lucia McCurdy McBride
Ohio suffragist
Selene Corlett
Milliner and dressmaker who organized a training school which prepared 260 women to work in hospitals, factories, at the American Red Cross, and on streetcars during WWI.
Sonia Revid
Sonia Revid created public health ballet at the height of ‘dance fever’