Dr Ethel Collins Dunham
1957: Dr. Ethel Collins Dunham was the first woman pediatrician to receive the American Pediatric Society’s most prestigious award, the John Howland Medal.
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Sarah Emma Edmonds
Served in the US Civil War disguised as a man
Dr Dorothy Mann
American public health expert, consumer advocate, and civic activist
Wendy Wamsley Taines
American army corporal who served as a medic during the Persian Gulf War
Adeline Blanchard Tyler
American nurse, missionary, and activist known for her nursing work during the American Civil War.
Dr Helen Mary Mayo
Helen Mayo opened a practice in Adelaide in 1906 specializing in midwifery and the health of women and children. She lectured at the University of Adelaide 1926-1934 and founded the Mothers’ and Babies’ Health Association and the Mareeba Babies’ Hospital.
Dr Grace Boelke
One of the first two women medical graduates of the University of Sydney, 1893.
Alice Reeves
Matron of Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin
Dr Claire Weekes
Hazel Weekes was a zoologist noted for her pioneering work on the placentation of viviparous reptiles and its possible relationship to that of mammals.
Agnes McArthur
Australian nurse administrator