Annie Laidlow served in India with the Australian Army Nursing Service during WWI. Between the wars Laidlow continued to work at the Royal Children’s Hospital, rising to the position of lady superintendent of the Orthopaedic Section. When the Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service was established in 1942, Laidlow was appointed superintending sister and head of the service.
Annie Moriah Sage’s distinguished military nursing career in the Second World War included the introduction of the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service Training Scheme and she was closely involved in the planning and establishment of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps as an integral part of the Australian Regular Army and the Citizen Military Forces.
In 1929 she completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc) at the University of Melbourne, returning in 1937 to undertake a Diploma in Dietetics. Cahn returned to the university yet again, in 1947, when she commenced a 21 year career lecturing in dietetics.
Barbara Fawkes trained as a nurse and midwife at the Middlesex Hospital School of Nursing, England, 1934-1938. She continued her nursing career into the post-World War II era.
American astronaut and medical doctor
Canada’s first licensed female doctor and promoter of women’s medical education
1800s American doctor and temperance advocate
For the more than 20 years Dr Doseena Fergie has dedicated her time to building strong, healthy and skilled Aboriginal communities in Victoria, Australia.
Associate Professor Jun Yang is a ground-breaking researcher in the field of hypertension; hypertension-induced heart disease is an especially poorly recognised condition in women.
Irish philanthropist and politician