Mary Cecilia Maher
Founder of the congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, Auckland.
Founder of the congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, Auckland.
1800s New Zealand missionary, letter-writer and teacher
The first cultural demonstrator at Yosemite National Park
New Zealand advocate for girls’ education
Mexican writer and academic
Mexican writer, teacher and translator. ral manager.
New Zealand teacher and businesswoman
After a career in nursing she trained as a physician and later become dean of Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia, when only eight women served as deans in United States medical schools.
In 1974, Dr. Barbara Bates developed and wrote a guide to patient history taking that has become the standard text for medical students.
In 1973, Dr. Shirley Marks was the first Spelman College alumna, and only the second African American woman in twenty-three years to graduate from Harvard Medical School.