Frances Gillam Holden
Frances Holden was Lady Superintendent of the Hospital for Sick Children, Sydney from 1880 to 1887, during which time she published works on medicine and nursing training as well as verse and prose.
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Tracey Cooper-Harris
Tracey served in the US Army from 1991 to 2003 as an Animal Care Sergeant, and later became an advocate for veterans.
Dr Beth Bienvenu
Former director of the Office of Accessibility at the US National Endowment for the Arts, managing the NEA’s technical assistance and advocacy work devoted to making the arts accessible for people with disabilities, older adults, veterans, and people in institutional settings.
Yona Owens
Petty Officer 3rd Class Yona Owens was instrumental in securing the right for women to serve aboard US Navy ships.
Patricia McLaughlin
Irish politician and community activist
Dr Gertrude Kelly
Irish surgeon and political activist
Mary Harrison
Irish journalist and nationalist
Patsy Lawlor
20th century Irish politician and Irish Countrywomen’s Association president
Caroline Douglas
1800s marchioness of Queensberry and Irish nationalist benefactor
Rosaleen Mills
1900s Irish activist and educator