Dr Lydia Villa-Komaroff
American trailblazer in the field of molecular biology
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Dr Maria Klawe
Computer scientist and the first female president of Harvey Mudd College, who works hard to ignite passion about STEM fields amongst diverse groups.
Dr Virginia Holsinger
Virginia H. Holsinger was an American chemist known for her research on dairy products and food security issues.
Dr Jayashri Kulkarni
Dr Jayashri Kulkarni is internationally recognised for her work in the treatment of mental health disorders, particularly in women’s mental health, pioneering the use of oestrogen as a treatment in schizophrenia.
Jane Dowdall
Irish philanthropist and politician
Dr Yvonne Ho
Dr Yvonne Ho was the first woman of Asian heritage in Australia to be dually qualified as a radiologist and nuclear medicine specialist, both male-dominated medical specialties.
Dr Bertha Main
Co-founder of the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne
Carmen Méndez
Founder and Managing Director of More Than Support, a disability services agency providing support to people with physical and mental disabilities.
Mary G Phillips
She graduated from the US Army School of Nursing in 1929 and was one of the school’s few alumnae to join the Army Nurse Corps.
Katherine Leahy
She graduated from the Yale School of Nursing in 1934 and worked as a nurse in a hospital in Bridgeport, CT. Leahy enlisted in the Navy in 1943 because she thought “nurses would be needed” and that she could help.