Léonie Abo
Congolese writer and activist Léonie Abo is best known for her role in the 1963-65 Kwilu rebellion.
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Blanche Huber
Although Blanche Huber was the first woman in Malta to train as a doctor at university, graduating from the University of Malta in 1925, she never practiced medicine professionally, instead working as a pharmacist.
Dr Christine Grant
2022 President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Dr Dorothy Quiggle
Petrochemical engineering specialist Dorothy Quiggle (1903-93) may be considered to be the first American woman to have a full career in chemical engineering.
Elizabeth Fulhame
In 1794 she published her “Essay on Combustion”, from which it is now possible to credit her with describing the process of catalysis, albeit without that term. She did hundreds of experiments to try to find a way to dye cloth with gold or other metals.
Dr Eugenia Kumacheva
Ukrainian-Canadian chemical engineer
Eileen Barnes
Irish museum artist
Dr Soromini Kallichurum
South African medical doctor and medical school professor, the first woman to serve as Dean of the medical faculty at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
Susanna Kok
South African doctor who researched leprosy
Evelyn Mase
Frst wife of Nelson Mandela