Wáng Zhènyì
Qing dynasty scientist Wang Zhenyi accomplished much in her short life, excelling particularly in astronomy, mathematics and poetry.
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Dorothy Pattison
English surgical nurse who had sole charge of a hospital in Walsall.
Martha G Kimball
American philanthropist and war nurse
Sybil Kathigasu
Malysian Eurasian nurse and midwife during WWII who assisted resistance to the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
Eleonora Fleury
Irish medical doctor
Nina Muir
New Zealand doctor
Dr Barbara Stokes
Irish paediatrician and disability campaigner
Adelaide Kellett
Adelaide Kellett became Matron of the Sydney Hospital in 1921 after serving in World War 1 as an army nurse. She was President of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association 1929-1930, 1933-1934, 1937 and 1941-1942.
Dr Emily Dickson
Irish doctor
Claudia Burton Bradley
Her research focused on cerebral palsy in Australia and she published major articles that dealt with aspects of the disease in children, seeking to promote the potential of cerebral palsy sufferers to lead useful and independent lives. She formed the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association in 1952 and chaired its medical and educational committee.