Rita Page Ruess
Rita Page Ruess, the first woman assistant U.S. attorney in Cleveland, left her post to join the Women’s Law Fund full-time in 1972.
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Dr Deborah H Ward
American health executive
Kay E Merrill
She spent the majority of her career working in fundraising and development for non-profit organizations, including the American Red Cross, Boys and Girls Club, and Nemours Wildlife Foundation.
Linda Vetrano
Linda is devoted to the care of abused and neglected animals and runs shelters to bring them back to health for adoption and foster care.
Marguerite Cole
The first woman to vote in the United States after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Agnes Deans Cameron
1800s Canadian educator, writer, lecturer, and adventurer
Hortense Prévost
Canadian known for her role as a British loyalist during the Rebellions of 1837–1838
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon
English viceregal consort in Canada and Ireland, feminist, social reformer, and author
Edith Maude Eaton
English stenographer, journalist, and author known as Sui Sin Far
Elsie Cassels
Scottish-Canadian naturalist, farmer, and office holder