Mercy Hunter
1900s Irish artist
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Ellen Barron
Ellen Barron worked at the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from 1918. From 1923-1939 she was superintendent of the Baby Clinics and started a training course for infant nurses. She was a foundation member and trustee of the Nurses’ Rest Home and Benevolent Fund.
Edith Nelson
Edith Nelson was a Lecturer in Natural Philosophy at the University of Melbourne 1948-1953. She had taught in the department in 1923 as a demonstrator and 1924-1948 as a senior demonstrator.
Edna Sayce
Edna Sayce was a demonstrator in physics at the University of Sydney 1917-1918 and lecturer 1923. She was a lecturer at the in physics at the Sydney Teachers College 1919-1922 and later a science teacher at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney 1940-1945.
Gertrude Rubinstein
Australian schizophrenia researcher
Edith Coleman
Edith Coleman was a naturalist who wrote prolifically on a wide range of animals and published in both scientific journals and the popular press.
Georgina Sweet
Georgina Sweet was Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Melbourne 1920-1924. Her research included the zoology of Australian native animals and the parasites infesting Australian stock and native fauna.
Hannah Davis Richards
Hannah Davis Richards, born in 1804, taught at the Baker Street School, the first schoolhouse in West Roxbury, Boston. Hannah’s diary provides valuable insights into life in early 19th-century West Roxbury and is an important historical source.
Helen Wise
In 1860, Wise played a crucial role in readying the Charlestown Public Library for its opening by establishing a card catalog system for the initial collection of 1,200 books.
Jane Edwards
In 1860, she played a crucial role in readying Boston’s Charlestown Public Library for its opening by establishing a card catalog system for the initial collection of 1,200 books.