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.
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Clara Immerwahr
The first woman in Germany to earn a PhD in chemistry
Charlotte Moton Hubbard
When Charlotte Moton Hubbard was appointed deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs in 1964, she became the highest-ranking Black woman in President Lyndon Johnson’s administration, a testament to her many years of work in education, community relations, and government service.
Jennie Dee Booth Moton
Jennie Moton served briefly as director of Tuskegee’s Department of Women’s Industries and later was a field agent for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) and president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW).
Lynne Killeen
A committed community Elder maintaining culture and connections for Aboriginal women in custody in Victoria, Australia
Dr Manjula O’Connor
Award-winning Indian-Australian psychiatrist, clinician, and researcher.
Annie Zachary Pike
American farmer and community activist who became the first African-American appointee to a state board and was later appointed to a variety of federal organizations by President Richard M. Nixon.
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).
Barbara Hendricks
American lyric soprano
Bobbi Sykes
Forced out of school early by racism, she became a nurse, before working as a journalist. She helped to found the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern, and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, among many other entities. In the early 1970s, as a prominent activist for Aboriginal rights, Sykes was invited to speak on racism, rights and colonialism in countries including the UK, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.