Kitty Lunn
Founder of Infinity Dance Theater, a nontraditional dance company in New York City that features dancers with and without disabilities, including those in wheelchairs.
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Dr Nancy Millis
Professor Nancy Millis made significant contributions to agriculture, protection of the environment, science, medicine and engineering.
Dr Mary Atkinson
Aunty Mary Atkinson was a Wiradjuri and Bangerang elder, highly respected for her involvement in Aboriginal education and Women’s Business.
Margaret Wirrpanda
Margaret Wirrpanda worked hard for the advancement of Aboriginal Australian people, particularly women and children, and a strong voice for Aboriginal land rights.
Pamela Griffin
Aboriginal Australian community worker whose career spans welfare work, education, public service and voluntary service of her local community.
Walda Blow
Walda Blow is a prominent and respected Elder of the Yorta Yorta people and has led community development work with, and for, the Victorian Aboriginal community.
Wilma Xiberras
A Wurundjeri Elder, Aunty Wilma Xiberras dedicated her life to other women, in particular Aboriginal Australian women making waves against injustice.
Dr Jennifer Gardner
Jennifer Gardner was Curator of the Waite Arboretum at the University of Adelaide from 1986 to 2017. During this time she increased its collection of trees to over 2,200 species, improved public access, and established the Friends of the Waite Arboretum in 1994.
Mary Agnes O’Connor
1800s Irish Sister of Mercy, foundress, and social worker in the United States
Edna St Vincent Millay
Pulitizer-winning American poet, playwright and feminist