Nellie Peters Black
Georgia (U.S.) clubwoman
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Phoebe Judson
Phoebe Judson was the first non-Indian woman to settle in the Lynden, Washington area (in northern Whatcom County) and became known as the “Mother of Lynden” during the half century that she lived there.
Annie Spencer Cutter
Ohio teacher and librarian who extended Cleveland Public Library services to junior and senior high schools throughout the city
Anya Krugovoy Silver
American award-winning poet, scholar, and professor
Rosalie van der Gucht
South African drama teacher
Ruth Elizabeth Arndt
Canadian-South African education activist
Tania Leon
South African anti-apartheid, women’s rights and queer rights activist
Dr Maryly Van Leer Peck
The first woman to graduate in chemical engineering from the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University and first woman to receive an MS and a PhD in engineering from the University of Florida (1962). She then got a job as a propellant and aerospace engineer for Rocketdyne Corporation and United States Naval Research Laboratory, developing solid fuel and engines which are still used in the space program today.
Blanche Huber
Although Blanche Huber was the first woman in Malta to train as a doctor at university, graduating from the University of Malta in 1925, she never practiced medicine professionally, instead working as a pharmacist.
Eulie Chowdhury
Indian architect