Merit-Ptah
Merit-Ptah is not only the first female doctor known by name but the first woman mentioned in the study of science.
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Anyte of Tegea
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
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.
Dr Margaret Reid
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
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
Malvina Malinek has advocated for the rights of women, in particular migrant and refugee women, at the local, national and international level in Australia.
Loisette Marsh
Loisette Marsh was one of Australia’s few echinoderm taxonomists.
Joan Paton
Joan Paton was an amateur ornithologist in 20th century Australia.
Joan Ford
Joan Ford was Research Biologist with the Department of Physics, University of Tasmania 1940-1950.
Dr Joan Crockford
Joan Crockford was an Australian geologist and invertebrate palaeontologist who specialised in Palaeozoic bryozoans.