Elsie S Ott

In September 1941, Ott joined the Army Nurse Corps. Later, she commissioned as a second lieutenant and had assignments in Louisiana, Virginia and India. During her assignment to Karachi, Ott participated in the first air evacuation, where crews evacuated patients to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.

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Kathleen Sherrard

Kathleen Sherrard took an active role in a number of women’s organisations in Australia, particularly women graduates and scientific workers and published a number of articles on palaeontology.

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Joan Taylor

Although her position at the Australian National Botanic Gardens was classified as Gardener, her duties included plant identification and herbarium curation.

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Peseshet

Peseshet (c. 2500 BCE) was known as ‘Lady Overseer of Female Physicians’ and may have been associated with the temple-school at Sais.

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Merit-Ptah

Merit-Ptah is not only the first female doctor known by name but the first woman mentioned in the study of science.

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