Helen Monkivitch
For 50 years, Sister Helen Monkivitchmade an exceptional contribution to health and aged-care services throughout Victoria, Australia.
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Lillian Gordy Carter
Known to the public as “Miss Lillian,” President Jimmy Carter’s mother was politically active for decades before his election
Louise Purington
Louise Purington was an American physician who became a leader in the temperance movement.
Lucy Lincoln Drown
Superintendent of nurses at Boston City Hospital from 1885 to 1910.
Agnes Turnbull
Canadian teacher and medical missionary to India
Fiona Cameron
Australian radiotherapist
Dr Deborah H Ward
American health executive
Dr Jill Tabart
In 1991, Jill Tabart made history as the first woman to be elected President of the Uniting Church in Australia
Dr Charlotte Whitehead Ross
1800s Canadian physician
Dr Elspeth McLachlan
Professor and Head of Department, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Queensland 1988-1993; Senior Principal Research Fellow, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney 1993-1999, among other roles