Enid Plante
Enid was one of the first assistant research officers and, in fact, the first female appointed to the Physical Chemistry Section of the CSIR Division of Industrial Chemistry at the age of 21.
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Dr Jenny Stauber
Dr Stauber received CSIRO’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 for her “exceptional science leadership and landmark research on the bioavailability and toxicity of metals underpinning the national water and sediment quality guidelines for environmental protection in Australia and globally”.
Catherine Anne Money
Australian biochemist who simplified the preparation of hides in Australian tanneries, now used globally to minimise tannery effluents and maximises hide quality
Mary Ward
Irish artist, naturalist, and astronomer
Dr Phyllis Clinch
Irish btoanist
Dr Victoria Coffey
One of the first female paediatricians in Ireland
Katharine Prescott Wormeley
American translator and author
Dr Isabel Barrows
American editor and penologist
Sylvia Beach
In addition to owning and running the “bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company,” Beach spent her time advocating and networking for the writers and friends that were loyal to her shop.
Ellen Swallow Richards
American sanitary chemist, educator, and author