Frances Stewart
New Zealand women and children’s rights activist and the first female member of a New Zealand hospital board.
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Ann Diamond
New Zealand hotel-keeper, storekeeper, midwife
Ana Néri
Pioneer of nursing in Brazil who served during the Paraguayan War (1864-1870).
Martha Wollstein
American physician
Josephine Barnes
Pioneering English obstetrician and gynecologist
May-Britt Moser
Nobel-winning Norwegian neuroscientist
Mārama Russell
Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa tohunga, midwife, woman of mana
Susie King Taylor
The first Black nurse during the American Civil War. Beyond nursing the wounded of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, she became the earliest African-American woman to self-publish her memoirs.
Marcella LeBeau
Prominent Lakota woman celebrated for her service as a nurse and military veteran.
Dr Agnes Forbes Blackadder
The first woman to graduate in medicine from the University of St Andrews in 1895.