Rica Hodgson
Rica Hodgson devoted her life to the struggle for democracy in South Africa
Rica Hodgson devoted her life to the struggle for democracy in South Africa
South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist
Irish artist and writer
Mental health advocate on whom the Three Faces of Eve, both a best-selling book and a major motion picture, is based
The first woman to graduate in chemical engineering who went on to work in physics and geology as well as a career as an aviator
Indian architect
In 1794 she published her “Essay on Combustion”, from which it is now possible to credit her with describing the process of catalysis, albeit without that term. She did hundreds of experiments to try to find a way to dye cloth with gold or other metals.
Irish novelist and diarist
Irish poet and writer
Irish republican and socialist activist