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Florence Griffith Joyner

Florence Griffith Joyner, better known as Flo Jo, was one of the fastest women in the world in the 1980s, and she had the medals and records to prove it.

Jamaican activist, co-founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which was the most influential anti-colonial organisation in Jamaica for decades. Co-founder of the international Negro World newspaper, and one of the first directors of UNIA’s shipping line, the Black Star Line.

Bertha Benz

Bertha Benz was her husband’s main investor, as well as an inventor. Her 1888 road trip—the first time an automobile with an internal combustion engine was driven over a long distance—was a strategic marketing tactic and practical test.

Ada Harris

The first patent for a hair straightener was filed on November 3, 1893 by Ada Harris

Caterina Vitale

1500s/1600s pharmacist and chemist in Malta, and the first female pharmacist of the Knights Hospitaller

Jo Nivison Hopper

Jo Nivison Hopper was a talented artist whose support of her husband Edward was vital to his success.

Dr Marilyn Anderson

Australian researcher in plant biochemistry and genetics.

Adah Lee Pettey Roussan

Adah Lee Pettey Roussan was a pioneering American newspaperwoman who took over the Osceola Times after the death of her husband, running it from 1906 to 1918. An indefatigable progressive, she championed political reforms and societal betterment.

Edwina Cornish

Edwina Cornish is a biotechnologist who played a key role in establishing one of Australia’s first biotechnology companies, Florigene Limited, in the 1990s. The company developed and commercialised some of the world’s first genetically modified plants.