Dr Maura Lynch
Irish missionary nun and surgeon active in Angola and Uganda
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Dr Ellen Hellmann
South African anthropologist
Elsie Nair
South African trade unionist
Emily Hobhouse
British humanitarian and pacifist active in South Africa
Emma Mashinini
South African trade unionist and writer
Epainette Nomaka Mbeki
South African community activist and promoter of women’s development
Alice Litster
Irish suffragist and adoption activist
Cordelia O’Neill
Cleveland, Ohio elementary school principal
Julia Harrington Duff
Her election to the Boston School Committee in 1900 marked a significant milestone for the Irish Catholic community, breaking barriers in a time when women faced significant restrictions in politics. While serving on the committee, Duff promoted educational opportunities for women and supported the establishment of kindergartens and schools for girls.
Sara Varley McCarthy
Ohio reporter and social welfare volunteer who helped organize the Cleveland Diocesan Council of the National Councl of Catholic Women in 1923, received a papal medal for distinguished service by a layperson to the Catholic Church in 1936.