Sarah Emma Edmonds
Served in the US Civil War disguised as a man
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Dr Dorothy Mann
American public health expert, consumer advocate, and civic activist
Adeline Blanchard Tyler
American nurse, missionary, and activist known for her nursing work during the American Civil War.
Wendy Wamsley Taines
American army corporal who served as a medic during the Persian Gulf War
Dr Helen Mary Mayo
Helen Mayo opened a practice in Adelaide in 1906 specializing in midwifery and the health of women and children. She lectured at the University of Adelaide 1926-1934 and founded the Mothers’ and Babies’ Health Association and the Mareeba Babies’ Hospital.
Dr Grace Boelke
One of the first two women medical graduates of the University of Sydney, 1893.
Alice Reeves
Matron of Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin
Agnes McArthur
Australian nurse administrator
Dr Claire Weekes
Hazel Weekes was a zoologist noted for her pioneering work on the placentation of viviparous reptiles and its possible relationship to that of mammals.
Dr Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy
Dr. Lovejoy was the first woman to direct a city department of health, the Portland Board of Health, in Oregon and was co-founder and first director of the Medical Women’s International Association.