Brigalia Bam
South African Anglican women’s and social activist and writer
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Anne Buttimer
Irish geographer and Dominican sister
Amy Grant
Amy Grant is one of contemporary Christian music’s most prominent singer-songwriters. Since beginning her career in 1978, she has released dozens of albums, won six Grammy Awards, and enjoyed crossover success in the pop music world.
Emma Brown Malone
Emma Brown Malone founded a school to train women ministers in Cleveland
Catherine Cummins
Irish Sister of Charity and founder member of Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital
Bertha Mkhize
South African teacher, trade unionist, anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist, who gained legal emancipation as a feme sole operating a business in her own right.
Ann Griffiths
Welsh hymn writer
Anna Tempo
South African religious activist
Francesca Farnese
1600s Italian nun, founder of convents and poet
Esther Pariseau
Known as “the Builder,” Mother Joseph designed and/or supervised construction of 29 schools and hospitals, one of which was Seattle’s first hospital. She is recognized as one of the first architects in Washington Territory.