Michiyo Tsujimura
Michiyo Tsujimura (辻村みちよ) was a Japanese agricultural scientist and biochemist known for her pioneering work on green tea components. She was the first woman in Japan to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture.
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Mona Anderson
One of New Zealand’s most popular and successful non-fiction authors of the 1960s and 1970s.
Grace Hirst
New Zealand farmer, midwife, nurse and businesswoman
Eva Ekeblad
Countess Eva Ekeblad was a Swedish salon hostess, scientist and agronomist.
Betty Sullivan
Betty Julia Sullivan was a female pioneer in the field of chemical engineering, where she won several prestigious awards against strict competition.
Dr Ella Cora Hind
Canadian journalist, agriculturalist, Women’s rights activist and suffragist.
Hannah Wilkinson Slater
Hannah Wilkinson Slater was an early American pioneer and inventor.
Helen Major
Helen Major was an amateur historian and an active volunteer at the Mills Archive.
Tabitha Babbitt
Sarah Tabitha Babbitt is believed to have invented the first circular saw for use in a sawmill between 1810 and 1813.
Hettie Jones
The last Melin Bompren miller