Michiyo Tsujimura
Michiyo Tsujimura (辻村みちよ) was a Japanese agricultural scientist and biochemist known for her pioneering work on green tea components. She was the first woman in Japan to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture.
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Dr Elizabeth Blackburn
In 1984, Blackburn and Carol W. Greider jointly discovered telomerase, the enzyme responsible for telomere replenishment. This groundbreaking achievement led to their winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009, with Blackburn making history as the first Australian woman Nobel laureate.
Jennifer Musa
Irish-Pakistani politician, tribal elder and nurse
Edna Pengelly
As one of New Zealand’s most distinguished nurses, she had not only cared for the sick and wounded but contributed to the welfare of the young.
Mildred Anne Butler
Irish animal and genre painter
Anna C Maxwell
Senior Superintendent of Nurses in the United States
Dr Jane Cooke Wright
Pioneering African American physician and cancer researcher who made significant contributions to chemotherapy.
Agnes Karll
German nurse and a nursing reformer
Dr Martha Ripley
Influential American physician, suffragist, and reformer, particularly known for her work in advancing women’s health care and reproductive rights.
Cecily Mary Wise Pickerill
Although she had never gained postgraduate qualifications in surgery, she occupies an important place in the development of plastic surgery in New Zealand, especially for her contribution to the care of children with cleft lip and palate.