Dr Kathryn North
Australian neurologist and clinical geneticist who is recognised as a national and international leader in genomic medicine.
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Dr Elizabeth Williams
Elizabeth Williams was appointed chief of the CSIRO Division of Horticulture in 1992 in Australia
Marie-Louise Uhr
Australian Catholic feminist activist
Estelle S Brettman
Estelle Shohet Brettman began her career as a marine biologist, but by the late 1960s and early 70s, an interest in antiquity led her to become an expert on the iconography of ancient gems and seals, and a docent and lecturer on the subject at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Dr Ruth Hubbard
The first woman to be awarded a tenured biology professorship at Harvard University.
Mary Dilys Glynne
As well as being a leading scientist, Mary Glynne was also a distinguished mountaineer.
Dr Caroline Burling Thompson
Dr. Caroline Burling Thompson was an American entomologist at Wellesley College.
Dr Virginia Anne Rice Williams
Biochemist Virginia Anne Rice Williams helped develop more nutritious grains through her pioneering studies of rice; she conducted important research on the B-vitamin content of rice, on ways to keep rice from turning rancid in storage, and on the vitamin fortification of rice.
Dr Mary Ethel Florey
Dr. Mary Ethel Florey, ran the first clinical trials of penicillin in 1941 alongside her lab partner and husband Howard Walter Florey. Yet, like so many other wives, she was left out when he won a Nobel in 1945 for the work they had done together
Mary Hunt
Lab assistant Mary Hunt reputedly found the mold that led to penicillium rubens strain NRRL 1951—the “parent” of all strains that would later be used commercially to produce penicillin.