Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann
Aboriginal Australian painter and educator
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Angelina Noble
Aboriginal Australian translator and missionary
Vi Hilbert
Vi Hilbert, a member of the Upper Skagit tribe, had as her life’s work to preserve the Lushootseed (Puget Salish) language and culture.
Major Charlotte Gower Chapman
American anthropologist and the second female officer to join the US Marine Corps, commissioned with the rank of Captain in 1943.
Flora Botton Beja
Greek researcher and academic
Dr Blanca Monserrat Zuñiga Zarate
Literature and language professor
Irma Xóchitl
Irma Xóchitl is an anthropologist and linguist, author of the books Nahuatocaitl. Apellidos nahuas de Puebla, senderos hacia nuestra cultura originaria (2018) and Mah timomachtiah nahuatlahtolli ican totoca. Aprendamos náhuatl con nuestros apellidos (2021).
Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson was hired by the NSA in 1918 as a Spanish linguist for the first peacetime cryptologic service MI-8 better known as the “American Black Chamber.”
Minnie McNeal Kenny
During the course of her 43-year career, Ms. McNeal Kenny received NSA’s two highest awards: the Meritorious Civilian Service Award (1980) and the Exceptional Civilian Service Award (1984).
Eunice Russell Willson Rice
Eunice Russell Willson Rice was a pioneering US Navy cryptologist who successfully broke Italian and Japanese codes during WWII.