Dr Harriot Kezia Hunt
As a physician, she focused on women’s health issues, gaining admiration from her patients. As a women’s rights activist, Hunt challenged the boundaries that restricted women in education and in society.
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Frances Mathyssen-Briggs
Aunty Frances Mathyssen-Briggs has a lifelong commitment to family, welfare, health, land rights and culture.
Dr Annie Hensley
Dr Annie Hensley was appointed coordinator of the Melbourne City Council’s first campaign to combat dyptheria in 1924.
Edna Brown
A Gunditjmara Elder, Aunty Edna was the driving force behind the Aboriginal funeral fund, supporting the right to a dignified burial for her people.
Effie Meehan
Greek-Australian activist who works to give culturally and linguistically diverse people with a disability a voice in the community.
Dr Virginia Holsinger
Virginia H. Holsinger was an American chemist known for her research on dairy products and food security issues.
Carmen Méndez
Founder and Managing Director of More Than Support, a disability services agency providing support to people with physical and mental disabilities.
Anushka Phal
Anushka is dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive space for people from diverse backgrounds to seek accessible and culturally informed mental health care.
Susan Ellenberg
When FDA and CBER created its own Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Ellenberg was selected as its first director, a position she held from 1993-2004. Her work at FDA was characterized by a commitment to vaccine safety accompanied by an insistence on more publications by regulators in professional journals to make clear not only what was known, but also what was not known, about the safety of children’s vaccines.
Dr Ruth L Kirschstein
In 1974 she returned to NIH as the Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the first woman to hold an institute directorship, and in 1993 she became Deputy Director of NIH, a position she carried out for the next decade.