Esther Pariseau
Known as “the Builder,” Mother Joseph designed and/or supervised construction of 29 schools and hospitals, one of which was Seattle’s first hospital. She is recognized as one of the first architects in Washington Territory.
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Dr Doris Lyne Officer
Doris Officer was Clinical Assistant in Children’s Outpatients, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne 1930-1947 and Medical Officer, Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria from 1941.
Kudzai Kanhutu
Zimbabwean doctor and associate professor Kudzai Kanhutu is a powerful advocate for health systems and gender equity in Australia.
Dr Cathleen Monaghan
Missionary Sister of St Columban and physician who worked in Hong Kong from 1949 until her death in 1985
Enriqueta Ochoa
Mexican poet
Elsa Cecilia Frost
Mexican researcher, academic, translator, and editor.
María del Carmen Millán
Mexican literature was the enduring passion of María del Carmen Millán (1914-1982). She taught it in her lectures, explored it in her writings, and promoted it in the collective works and collections she edited.
Guadalupe Dueñas
Mexican novelist
Ethel Jessie Bowe
Australian army matron-in-chief, army nurse and nurse educator.
Dorothy Durdin
Joan Durdin, author of They Became Nurses: A History of Nursing in South Australia, 1836-1980 (1991) and Eleven Thousand Nurses: A History of Nursing Education at the Royal Adelaide Hospital 1889-1993 (1999) is a nursing historian and as a nurse educator has contributed much to the advancement of nursing through the development of advanced education in the higher education sector.