Harriet Scott
Natural history illustrator whose paintings earned high praise from the Entomological Society and she was elected, like her sister Helena, as an honorary member.
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Gussie Knight
Australian botanical artist, winning a bronze medal at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886. Her plant collections were sent to Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Melbourne. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 200 of her specimens.
Hai-Ting Chinn
Mezzo-soprano opera singer
Dr Boyne Mussell
Boyne Russell was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia, 26 January 1994, for her service to medicine and the community health, particularly in relation to the care of aged people.
Dr Bridget Ogilvie
Australian biomedical researcher
Dr Millie Hughes-Fulford
American astronaut, biologist and Army Reserve officer
Dr Peggy Whitson
American astronaut and biochemist
Dr Serena M Auñón-Chancellor
American astronaut, medical doctor and engineer
Dr Shannon Walker
American astronaut and physicist
Carla Fasano
Carla Fasano was the first woman to be appointed professor at the University of Wollongong (1985).