Flora Stone Mather
American philanthropist dedicated to Cleveland religious, educational, and social reform activities.
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Elna Grahn
Grahn commanded the 2525th Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit during World War II and was the first woman to serve on a United States Army General Court Martial.
Captain Sally Tompkins
US Civil War Confederate nurse who turned her Richmond mansion into Robertson Hospital, which had by far the lowest death rate of any facility in the North or South, even though physicians sent their worst cases to her.
Anne Fraser Bon
Scottish-Australian philanthropist
Mary Baptist Russell
1800s Irish nun, philanthropist, and educator
Mary McCracken
Irish radical and philanthropist
Mary Letitia Martin
1800s Irish novelist
Maureen Guinness
20th century countess of Dufferin and Ava, socialite and charity worker
Alice Sheets Marriott
American businesswoman and philanthropist
Sudha Murthy
Indian educator, author, and philanthropist, founder and chair of the non-profit Infosys Foundation.