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.
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Dr Zuleyha Keskin
Dr Keskin advocates for the Australian-Muslim community through her research and community outreach.
Adelaide Avery Claflin
American suffragist
Adaline Hohf Beery
American author and poet
Darlugdach
Irish saint and 6th century abbess of Kildare
Mary G Phillips
She graduated from the US Army School of Nursing in 1929 and was one of the school’s few alumnae to join the Army Nurse Corps.
Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Captain responsible for the recruitment of African American female soldiers during World War II, lawyer and civil rights activist
Kathleen Cox
Irish artist, sculptor, and mystic
Saint Ciar
Foundress and first abbess of Cell Chéire, and saint in the Irish tradition
Saint Damnait
Foundress of Tech Damnatan at Sliab Betha and a saint in the Irish tradition