Grace Martin
The sly tactics of Elizabeth, Grace, and Rachel Martin prompted Nathanael Greene’s acquisition of vital information regarding British tactics and plans in South Carolina in the American Revolution.
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Rachel Martin
The sly tactics of Elizabeth, Grace, and Rachel Martin prompted Nathanael Greene’s acquisition of vital information regarding British tactics and plans in South Carolina in the American Revolution.
Constance Amy Fall
During the Second World War she was Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of the Australian Army Nursing Service in the Tasmania Line of Communication Area and matron-in-charge of the 1st Australian General Hospital, Australian Imperial Forces.
Martha Glar
Swiss patriot who fought the French invasion in 1797
Christabel Bielenberg
British expat who wrote about her experience of the rise of Hitler in Germany
Ethel Jessie Bowe
Australian army matron-in-chief, army nurse and nurse educator.
Dora Isabel Baudinet
Nurse Dora Baudinet founded the Sunshine Association of Tasmania in 1938, an organisation dedicated to providing convalescent care to underprivileged and isolated children.
Wilma Young
Wilma Young was an Australian World War II veteran, providing decades of community work with the RSL and war veterans.
Ellen Gould
Ellen Gould was Matron and Superintendent of the training school of Sydney Hospital from 1891-1898 . In 1900 she was appointed Lady Superintendent with the newly formed Army Nursing Service.
Joan Abbott
Joan Abbott was a nurse and midwife at hospitals in Brisbane and Canberra. She also served as a matron in the Middle East while enlisted by the Australian Army Nursing Service.