Antonia Maury
American astronomer
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Dr Beatrice Tinsley
American astronomer
Dorrit Hoffleit
American astronomer
Fátima de Madrid
Astronomer and writer
Maria Kirch
German astronomer
Sophia Brahe
Danish astronomer
Elenora Fleury
Irish medical doctor
Alice Wheatley
Alice Wheatley was awarded the ARRC in 1944 for her work in charge of the first nursing party of RAAF nurses in New Guinea. In 1951 Wheatley was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her work in the RAAF Nursing Service.
Ālenush Teriān
Iranian-Armenian astronomer and physicist Ālenush Teriān has been called the ‘Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy’.
Ellen Kettle
Ellen Kettle worked in medical services, particularly for Indigenous people in Australia’s Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea.