Judith Dey
Australian pediatrician
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Esther Lape
Lesbian journalist who was part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s inner circle
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.
Margaret Jones
1600s midwife charged with witchcraft in 1648
Louise Bourgeois Boursier
Louise Bourgeois was renowned for her skill as a midwife, with patients including French royalty in the early 1600s.
Jean Purdy
Embryologist and nurse Jean Purdy was a key contributor to the work that resulted in the birth of the first IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) baby in 1978.
Katharina Kepler
Katharina Kepler became a side character in her own trial for witchcraft in 1615 when her son, the well-known astronomer Johannes Kepler, famously defended her.
Dr Icie Hoobler
American chemist
Jacqueline Felice de Almania
Jacoba Felicie was an Italian healer in 1300s France, at a time when restrictions were being placed on who could treat people.