Maria Louise Baldwin
Educator and activist Maria Louise Baldwin belonged to a generation of Bostonian Black women highly connected to circles of educated Black and White activists.
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was one of the most outspoken and articulate abolitionists of the 19th century.
Jacqueline Barton
Jacqueline Barton probes DNA by shooting electrons through it. Using custom-built molecules to direct these electrical currents, she can locate genes, see how they are arranged, and scan them for damage.
Barton hopes that these techniques will lead to new ways to diagnose diseases and treat them through DNA repair. To further this end she cofounded GeneOhm Sciences in 2001, which became part of Becton, Dickinson and Company in 2006.
Dr Paula T Hammond
In her lab at MIT she creates technologies so small that you cannot see them with most microscopes—until they save a soldier’s life on the battlefield or illuminate light bulbs using stored solar power.
Maria Alexandrovna
Russian empress
Mabel Wilson
New Zealand domestic worker and community leader
Rachel Reynolds
New Zealand social worker, community leader
Martha King
Martha King was New Zealand’s first resident botanical artist.
Rosetta Baume
New Zealand teacher, feminist and community leader
Mary Bernard
While her achievements in New Zealand were notable, it was for her earlier nursing experience that she was honoured after her death.