Dr Joan Tully
Australian scientist who held a number of posts at the Council for Scientific Research (CSIR) and later the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
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Lilian Ross Fraser
Lillian Ross Fraser was a botanist whose work identifying fungi and viruses was hugely beneficial to the New South Wales citrus industry.
Johanna Döbereiner
Czech botanist Johanna Döbereiner moved to Brazil in 1951, where she pioneered the study of how plants and microbes interact, such as how certain bacteria can promote plant growth.
Middy Morgan
1800s Irish-American agricultural journalist
Rachel Siewert
Australian environmentalist and parliamentarian
Elsie Cassels
Scottish-Canadian naturalist, farmer, and office holder
Ella G Agnew
Ella G. Agnew was a prominent American educator and social worker who advanced employment opportunities for women early in the 1900s
Dr Eva Eden
Australian educator in the field of veterinary science, agricultural science and pharmacy.
Nokukhanya Luthuli
Although she never became as public a figure as her husband was, she was significant in her own right and made a considerable contribution to her community and South Africa’s liberation struggle as a whole.
Melchora Aquino
Filipina revolutionary widely recognized throughout the Philippines as a national hero