Mary Hennessey
1800s Irish Sister of Charity and pioneer in primary education
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Mary Cullen
Irish nun and founder of the magazine Virgo Potens
Maxine McIntyre
Pioneer in public school teaching in Nebraska
Mary H Israel
American scholar and lecturer in Chinese and Asian studies.
Bess Bolden Walcott
American educator, librarian, museum curator and activist who helped establish the historical significance of the Tuskegee University.
Eleanor Schetlin
Schetlin had a forty-two year career in education and was Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Services at the Health Sciences Center, S.U.N.Y. from 1971 to 1985.
Dr Ethel Percy Andrus
Founder of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Dr Christine Duffield
Christine Duffield’s research areas include acute care nursing as well as nursing and health services management.
Rostyslava Nychay Bohachevsky
Activist in the Ukrainian Women’s League, travelling through villages, setting up kindergartens, and health and legal-aid cooperatives.
Rhoda Eyth
She studied to become a braillist and produced many volumes of Braille books for people to enjoy, including textbooks for blind school children.