Beulah Bewley
Irish epidemiologist
Irish epidemiologist
1800s Welsh antiquarian, artist, entomologist and writer
Merit-Ptah is not only the first female doctor known by name but the first woman mentioned in the study of science.
Peseshet (c. 2500 BCE) was known as ‘Lady Overseer of Female Physicians’ and may have been associated with the temple-school at Sais.
Gertrude Bell (l. 1868-1926) was an archaeologist, travel writer, explorer, and political administrator.
Anyte of Tegea (l. 3rd century BCE) was one of the female poets listed by Antipater of Thessalonica as one of the Nine Earthly Muses (with others such as Sappho of Lesbos and Telesilla of Argos).
June Griffith worked with A.E. Alexander from 1950-1964, before being appointed lecturer and later senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She undertook research into the chemistry and physics of wool.
Margaret Reid is a physicist noted for her pioneering work on new, fundamental tests of quantum theory with her development of inferred Heisenberg inequalities.
Julie Hammer joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1977, after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Sydney. She was originally an education officer but transferred to the Engineer Branch in 1981. Hammer was the first woman to command an operational unit in the RAAF, the Electronic Warfare Squadron.
Malvina Malinek has advocated for the rights of women, in particular migrant and refugee women, at the local, national and international level in Australia.