Ahilyabai Holkar
1700s Indian queen
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Edith Butler
Edith Butler trained as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, where she was later staff sister. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1945 in recognition of her work in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the south-west Pacific area.
Dolours Price
Irish republican paramilitary
Jackie Sedibe
South African military officer
Elizabeth Burchill
Elizabeth Burchill worked as a nurse in many diverse locations, including England, Canada, the USA, New Guinea and Thursday Island. She has written several books about her nursing experience, including Thursday Island Nurse and The Paths I’ve Trod.
Ana Claudio
American naval officer
Marion Sparg
South African political activist
Marcelle Lafont
Marcelle Lafont (1905-1982) was a chemical engineer, resistance fighter and French politician.
Vilma Espín
One of the first women in Cuba to study chemical engineering, graduating from the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois was mostly known as one of the leading Cuban revolutionaries, feminist, and wife of Raúl Castro.
Maria Quitéria
Initially disguised as a man, Brazilian soldier Maria Quitéria de Jesus served in the Brazilian War of Independence against the Portuguese from October 1822 to 1824.