Alison Betty Doley
Alison Doley was a farmer and conservationist who from 1966 managed, with her husband John, the family’s wheat and sheep property Koobabbie in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia.
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Dr Anne Astin
Australian pioneer for women in biochemistry and advocate for rural women
Alice Waters
As a chef, author, and advocate, Waters champions a holistic approach to eating and health and celebrates integrating gardening, cooking, and education, sparking inspiration in a new generation.
Elizabeth Coleman White
Elizabeth Coleman White developed the US’s first cultivated blueberry.
Adeline Warfield Hornbek
1800s American rancher
Rosa Maria Bezerra Nieto
Rosa would be left a widow and single mother in 1740. She cared for not only the six children, but the family’s ranch and mine holdings. This she performed with resolve, determination, and a keen business acumen.
Anita Lett
Irish rural activist
Alana Johnson
A founding member of Australian Women in Agriculture in 1993, she is recognized nationally and internationally for her work in Change Management, Leadership Training and Rural Development and was the 2010 Victorian Rural Women’s Award winner
Ina Higgins
Ina Higgins was one of the first women to enrol at the Burnley Horticultural College in Melbourne in 1899, receiving her Certificate of Competency in 1900. She subsequently had a lengthy career as a distinguished landscape gardener.
Alice Tripp
A self-proclaimed “jumper-inner,” Alice Tripp made her mark as a grassroots activist and self-taught farmer. She was a key leader of a movement opposing the CU Powerline, which began construction on western Minnesota farmland in the early 1970s.