Anne Jane Carlile
Irish temperance pioneer and philanthropist
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Zubaidah bint Ja’far
Abbasid princess remembered for ordering the construction of a series of wells, reservoirs and artificial pools that provided water for Muslim pilgrims along the route from Baghdad to Mecca and Medina.
Valerie Goulding
Irish philanthropist and senator
Adaline Emerson Thompson
American educational worker and reformer
Jane Dowdall
Irish philanthropist and politician
Dr Susan Alberti
Australian businesswoman, philanthropist and sports advocate
Florence Peshine Eagleton
New Jersey leader in the woman suffrage movement and an advocate for women’s higher education.
Teresa Teng
“The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop”
Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Cox Chambers was a media mogul, philanthropist, and former U.S. ambassador.
Elena Diaz-Verson Amos
Philanthropist Elena Diaz-Verson Amos, a Cuban immigrant, was active in educational, philanthropic, and political causes and dedicated to increasing intercultural understanding in Georgia.