Gisella Perl
Romanian Jewish gynecologist deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, where she helped hundreds of women, serving as an inmate gynecologist.
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Dr Dorothy Klenke Nash
American neurosurgeon
Dr Fe del Mundo
Filipina pediatrician Fe Villanueva del Mundo established the Philippines’ first pediatric hospital and, over six decades, helped shape the country’s modern healthcare system for children.
Florence Mnumzana
South African nurse and anti-apartheid activist
Frances Rix Ames
South African neurologist, psychiatrist and human rights activist
Anandibai Joshi
Indian woman who earned her medical degree in the U.S. in the 1880s
Dr Helen Mackenzie
Korea-born missionary doctor
Catherine Mackenzie
Korea-born missionary and medical professional
Dr Rosemary Crowley
Australian member of Parliament and physician
Edith Butler
Edith Butler trained as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, where she was later staff sister. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1945 in recognition of her work in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the south-west Pacific area.