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The first woman to be ordained as a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, in 1992.

Irish-Australian Catholic activist

1800s Irish philanthropist and author

6th century Irish anchoress, abbess of Ros Airthir (Rossory, Co. Fermanagh), and saint in the Irish tradition

1800s American dedicated to teaching, missionary work, and temperance reform

Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an Episcopal lay leader whose efforts helped to revive Virginia’s Episcopal church early in the nineteenth century.

1600s Italian composer and painter

Australian feminist theologian

1700s and 1800s Irish practitioner of ‘white’ magic, using herbal and superstitious remedies to cure various ailments.

For 50 years, Sister Helen Monkivitchmade an exceptional contribution to health and aged-care services throughout Victoria, Australia.