Ora Maxwell
Ora L. Maxwell was a Spokane librarian who in 1915 founded the Spokane Walking Club, which would eventually evolve into the Spokane Mountaineers, one of the most important outdoors and environmental organizations in Eastern Washington.
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Ida Culver
Ida Culver was a Seattle Public Schools elementary teacher, a founding member of the Seattle Education Auxiliary and first president of the Seattle Teachers Finance Association. She was a shrewd investor who left a legacy of retirement homes for educators and their families.
Martha Bátiz
Mexican author and translator
Nidia Esther Rosado
Nidia Esther Rosado [Bacelis] was a Mexican educator and writer. She was a pioneer of audiovisual education in Yucatán, director of the Rodolfo Menéndez de la Peña Normal School for Teachers, and received the Yucatán Medal in 1987.
Laura Bell
Gunditjmara elder Aunty Laura Bell has been a leader in Aboriginal education in Victoria, Australia.
Dulce María González
Mexican novelist and essayist
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.
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