Bishop Barbara Lewis King, affectionately called Dr. Barbara, is the Founder/Minister of the Hillside Chapel and Truth Center, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2001, she became the first female to be enstooled as a Chief at Assin Nsuta, Ghana, West Africa.
Massachusetts’ first woman Commissioner of Public Health, as well as its youngest, where she established the US’s first Violence Prevention Office at a state health department.
Nicaraguan immigrant who fought for – and won – asylum rights
WWII military pilot active in the fight for veteran status for the WASPs and the first WASP to be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1988, Dr. Barbara Barlow founded the Injury Free Coalition for Kids.
Important figure in the development of paediatrics in New Zealand
Hawaiian royal
Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund and an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.
Disability culture activist and community performance artist
She became the Navy’s first female line officer on 3 August 1942. Commissioned a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve, she simultaneously undertook the demanding task of Director of the Navy’s newly-established Women’s Reserve. In November 1943, following the passage of new legislation by the Congress, she was promoted to the rank of Captain.