Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
South African politician, medical doctor and anti-apartheid activist
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Eileen Parry
Eileen Parry joined the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) in 1941. In August 1943 Parry was made Assistant Controller of the AWAS, Tasmania and she had reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel when she was discharged in 1946.
Dr Harriet Ngubane
South African social anthropologist best known for her work on Zulu belief systems
Lola Eniola-Adefeso
Nigerian-American engineer who bridges the chemical and biological engineering fields
Bavelile Gloria Hlongwa
South African chemical engineer and politician
Dr Olga Konstantinovna Bogdanova
Soviet chemical engineer, specialising in organic catalysis, synthetic rubber and butadines. In WW2 she developed a synthetic rubber coating for tanks and aircraft, which was self-healing when struck by bullets.
Dr Belkis Valdman
Brazilian chemical engineer
Dr Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Mohegan medicine woman, anthropologist, author, elder and tribal council member Gladys Tantaquidgeon co-founded the Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum, the oldest to be owned and operated by Native Americans, in 1931.
Arlene A Spadafino
The City College of New York’s first female MSc graduate in chemical engineering (1966) and their first female Lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department.
Rebeca Uribe Bone
Colombia’s first female chemical engineer