Mary Sutherland

Her farm forestry work was probably her most important contribution because of the way it helped reshape attitudes towards land use and break down barriers between farmers and foresters.

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Lucy Moore

Lucy Moore was sometimes called ‘the mother of New Zealand botany’ and few botanists may ever again equal her range of expertise.

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Kono Yasui

Japanese biologist and cytologist (scientist who studies cells) Kono Yasui became the first Japanese woman to receive a doctoral degree in science in 1927.

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