Australian nurse Margaret Lang was matron of various Victorian country hospitals, served in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) during the First World War and was founder and Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service during the Second World War.
Lucy Daw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1939 in recognition of her work as matron of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Kate MacKay was a resident medical officer at the Melbourne Hospital in 1922, the Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, in 1923 and the Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, in 1924. In 1939 she became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
1800s Irish philanthropist, writer and promoter of children’s welfare
1600s Viscountess Ranelagh and woman of letters
Hilda Bull was a Medical Officer at the City of Melbourne Department of Health in the 1940s. She published various articles in the Australian Medical Journal in the 1930s and 1940s.
20th century Irish republican and nurse
1800s Irish Sister of Mercy, foundress, Crimean war nurse, and teacher
Dr. Lina Stern faced the dual barriers of being a woman and being Jewish but nevertheless was able to become a groundbreaking researcher who introduced the scientific community to the barrière hématoencéphalique—the blood-brain barrier.
Dr Helen Hobbs fundamentally changed the way we understand cholesterol, doing work that would save countless people from death and disability related to issues like heart disease and stroke.