Dr Margaret Downing
Margaret Downing was a pioneer in women’s sports, especially basketball, in Arkansas in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Elizabeth Coldicutt
Beth Coldicutt taught in the Faculties of Engineering and Architecture, University of Melbourne 1939-1979, beginning as a senior demonstrator and ending as a Reader.
Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams
American educator and a political, social, civic, and community activist who was instrumental in campaigns to rename various Little Rock streets in honor of Daisy Bates and Mayor Charles Bussey.
Dr Joan Refshauge
Joan Refshauge was an Australian medical practitioner and leader in the field of public health.
Dr Joan Tully
Australian scientist who held a number of posts at the Council for Scientific Research (CSIR) and later the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
Anna Strong
Anna Strong was a noted African-American teacher and school principal who served as president of the Arkansas Teachers Association (ATA). Strong labored to provide quality education to the African-American citizens of Lee County and was widely recognized for her efforts.
Alice L Preston
Alice Luberter Walker Preston was an African-American schoolteacher who was instrumental in the peaceful integration of Murfreesboro city schools in 1965 and left an enduring legacy in the field of education in Arkansas.
Mabel McConnell
20th century Irish republican, suffragette, and socialist
Máire McDonnell-Garvey
20th century Irish traditional musician and writer
Kathleen O’Flaherty
20th century Irish French scholar