Matilde Hidalgo
Ecuadorian physician, poet, and activist, the first woman to exercise the right to vote in Latin America, and the first to receive a Doctorate in Medicine.
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Na Hyesŏk
Korean activist, poet, journalist and painter
Dr Mazlan Othman
Malaysia’s first astrophysicist, pioneering the nation’s entry into space exploration.
Dr Emily Stowe
Suffragist and the first female physician to practice medicine in Canada
Edith Newman Devlin
20th century Irish lecturer in English
Franziska Tiburtius
1800s German physician
Dr Kamala Sohonie
The first Indian woman to receive a PhD in science, she worked to change the lives of millions of people across India with her nutrition research
Tenho Sihvonen Connable Hindert
She taught computer science for 14 years at Western Michigan University.
Shirley Diaz
Filipina chemical engineer, professor and businesswoman
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Vociferous in the fight for equality, she remains a feminist role model and inspiration through the ages, planting the seeds for an end to traditionalism and the birth of female liberation in India and Bangladesh.