Antonia Maury
American astronomer
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Dr Beatrice Tinsley
American astronomer
Alice Wheatley
Alice Wheatley was awarded the ARRC in 1944 for her work in charge of the first nursing party of RAAF nurses in New Guinea. In 1951 Wheatley was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her work in the RAAF Nursing Service.
Elenora Fleury
Irish medical doctor
Ālenush Teriān
Iranian-Armenian astronomer and physicist Ālenush Teriān has been called the ‘Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy’.
Ellen Kettle
Ellen Kettle worked in medical services, particularly for Indigenous people in Australia’s Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea.
Wáng Zhènyì
Qing dynasty scientist Wang Zhenyi accomplished much in her short life, excelling particularly in astronomy, mathematics and poetry.
Dorothy Pattison
English surgical nurse who had sole charge of a hospital in Walsall.
Martha G Kimball
American philanthropist and war nurse
Sybil Kathigasu
Malysian Eurasian nurse and midwife during WWII who assisted resistance to the Japanese occupation of Malaya.