Georgina Sweet
Georgina Sweet was Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Melbourne 1920-1924. Her research included the zoology of Australian native animals and the parasites infesting Australian stock and native fauna.
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Geraldine Allen Sewell
Geraldine Sewell collected plant specimens in Western Australia between 1886 and 1891 around Mount Caroline ; over 300 specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria.
Kathleen McArthur
Wildflower enthusiast and environmental activist
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was the first and, to date, only female chief of Florida’s Seminole tribe.
Dr Christie Huddleston
Dr. Christie Huddleston was a founding member of the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine.
Dr Christine Karen Cassel
Dr. Christine Cassel was the first woman chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the first woman president of the American College of Physicians and the first woman dean of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Dr Clair Mills Callan
Dr. Callan was the first woman president of Lake County Medical Society and the first woman editor of a special edition of Connecticut Medicine.
Dr Deborah Powell
American medical doctor
Dr Heather Munro
Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist
Annie McKay
Boston’s first school nurse