Esther Pariseau
Known as “the Builder,” Mother Joseph designed and/or supervised construction of 29 schools and hospitals, one of which was Seattle’s first hospital. She is recognized as one of the first architects in Washington Territory.
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Dee Arntz
Dee Arntz is one of Washington state’s foremost wetlands advocates.
Anna Helfgott
Anna Helfgott was a vigorous activist for progressive causes and a leader in Seattle’s Gray Panthers. In her working years she was a dressmaker and fitter, and was an early member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU).
Dr Doris Lyne Officer
Doris Officer was Clinical Assistant in Children’s Outpatients, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne 1930-1947 and Medical Officer, Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria from 1941.
Kris Pierce
Australian advocate for those with disability and rare diseases locally, nationally and internationally.
Kudzai Kanhutu
Zimbabwean doctor and associate professor Kudzai Kanhutu is a powerful advocate for health systems and gender equity in Australia.
Dr Diana Morán Garay
Diana Morán Garay dedicated herself to literary and poetry criticism.
Dr Catherine Hamlin
Catherine Hamlin and her husband pioneered work to assist and eliminate obstetric fistula in Ethiopia, and over six decades established the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital.
Catherine Mahon
President of the Irish National Teachers Organisation
Dora Isabel Baudinet
Nurse Dora Baudinet founded the Sunshine Association of Tasmania in 1938, an organisation dedicated to providing convalescent care to underprivileged and isolated children.