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Ali Ghito MP (1905 - 1983)

"Fuerbringer"

Ali Ghito was born as Adelheid Schnabel-Fürbringer in Zeulsdorf. She recieved an acting education and singing lessons as well. Beside it she also studied medicine and psychology. She married an archi...

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4/26/2016
5/12/2024
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Ali Ghito MP (1905 - 1983)

"Fuerbringer"

Ali Ghito was born as Adelheid Schnabel-Fürbringer in Zeulsdorf. She recieved an acting education and singing lessons as well. Beside it she also studied medicine and psychology. She married an archi...

5/12/2024

Doctor Elsie Quinlan MP (1914 - 1952)

"Sister Aidan", "Aidan Mary"

Sister Aiden Quinlan (1914 - 1952) Brief overview: Sister Aidan (37), an Irish nun and medical doctor was stoned, stabbed and burned to death by a mob at Duncan Village, East London. On 9 November 195...

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8/29/2023
9/6/2023
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8/29/2023

Doctor Elsie Quinlan MP (1914 - 1952)

"Sister Aidan", "Aidan Mary"

Sister Aiden Quinlan (1914 - 1952) Brief overview: Sister Aidan (37), an Irish nun and medical doctor was stoned, stabbed and burned to death by a mob at Duncan Village, East London. On 9 November 195...

9/6/2023

Josephine K. “Josie” Mooring Roberts, hospital administrator, was born on August 16, 1891, in Bedias in Grimes County, Texas, to John Brett Mooring, a Methodist minister, and Laura Josephine (Powledge)...

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Josephine K. “Josie” Mooring Roberts, hospital administrator, was born on August 16, 1891, in Bedias in Grimes County, Texas, to John Brett Mooring, a Methodist minister, and Laura Josephine (Powledge)...

3/6/2023

Lisbeth Palme MP (1931 - 2018)

Anna Lisbeth Christina Palme née Beck-Friis (also sometimes spelled Lisbet Palme, 14 March 1931 – 18 October 2018) was a Swedish children's psychologist, UNICEF chairwoman and the wife of Sweden's prim...

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6/3/2007
10/19/2018
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6/3/2007

Lisbeth Palme MP (1931 - 2018)

Anna Lisbeth Christina Palme née Beck-Friis (also sometimes spelled Lisbet Palme, 14 March 1931 – 18 October 2018) was a Swedish children's psychologist, UNICEF chairwoman and the wife of Sweden's prim...

10/19/2018

Ulla Beck-Friis (1894 - 1981)

Eva Ulrika Beck-Friis , född 1894-03-16 i Kristianstad. Stiftsjungfru. Sjuksköterska vid Röda korset. Husmoder vid S:t Eriks sjuk- och vårdhem. ÖRKHt1kl med krigsdek., föreståndarinna för Röda Korshemm...

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6/3/2007
10/19/2018
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6/3/2007

Ulla Beck-Friis (1894 - 1981)

Eva Ulrika Beck-Friis , född 1894-03-16 i Kristianstad. Stiftsjungfru. Sjuksköterska vid Röda korset. Husmoder vid S:t Eriks sjuk- och vårdhem. ÖRKHt1kl med krigsdek., föreståndarinna för Röda Korshemm...

10/19/2018

Josephine Elizabeth Butler MP (1828 - 1906)

Josephine Elizabeth Butler (née Grey ) was a Victorian era British feminist who was especially concerned with the welfare of prostitutes. She led the long campaign for the repeal of the Contagious Dise...

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12/12/2012
9/1/2018
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12/12/2012

Josephine Elizabeth Butler MP (1828 - 1906)

Josephine Elizabeth Butler (née Grey ) was a Victorian era British feminist who was especially concerned with the welfare of prostitutes. She led the long campaign for the repeal of the Contagious Dise...

9/1/2018

Marie Stopes, D.Sc., Ph.D. MP (1880 - 1958)

Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of birth control. She was the wife of Humphre...

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8/2/2013
9/1/2018
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8/2/2013

Marie Stopes, D.Sc., Ph.D. MP (1880 - 1958)

Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of birth control. She was the wife of Humphre...

9/1/2018

Susan Cheshire, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw and Baroness Cheshire, CMG, OBE (3 July 1924 – 2 November 2000), best known as Sue Ryder, was a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Secon...

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1/2/2012
9/1/2018
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1/2/2012

Susan Cheshire, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw and Baroness Cheshire, CMG, OBE (3 July 1924 – 2 November 2000), best known as Sue Ryder, was a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Secon...

9/1/2018

Cicely Mary Strode Saunders Cicely Saunders was a nurse, social worker who founded the first modern hospice, St. Christopher's Hospice, in 1967 to provide palliative care to those in need. She was born...

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1/12/2015
9/1/2018
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1/12/2015

Cicely Mary Strode Saunders Cicely Saunders was a nurse, social worker who founded the first modern hospice, St. Christopher's Hospice, in 1967 to provide palliative care to those in need. She was born...

9/1/2018

Google Doodle April 26, 2021 and Foreign Secretary of The Royal Society since 1992, President, British Association for the Advancement of Science 1993-94 Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, DBE, FRS, FRCOG (...

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11/4/2008
9/1/2018
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11/4/2008

Google Doodle April 26, 2021 and Foreign Secretary of The Royal Society since 1992, President, British Association for the Advancement of Science 1993-94 Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, DBE, FRS, FRCOG (...

9/1/2018

Signe Ingrid Löfgren (1897 - 1969)

Syntymä Viipurin tuomiokirkkoseurakunnan arkisto - Syntyneiden ja kastettujen luettelot 1893-1901 (I Ca:10, 1893 - 1901 tammikuu), jakso 252, sivu 250: 1897 kesäkuu; Kansallisarkisto: / Viitattu 13.9.2...

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Signe Ingrid Löfgren (1897 - 1969)

Syntymä Viipurin tuomiokirkkoseurakunnan arkisto - Syntyneiden ja kastettujen luettelot 1893-1901 (I Ca:10, 1893 - 1901 tammikuu), jakso 252, sivu 250: 1897 kesäkuu; Kansallisarkisto: / Viitattu 13.9.2...

7/9/2018

Myra Adele Alston MP (1908 - 1977)

Myra Adele Logan (1908–1977) was an African American physician, surgeon and anatomist. She was the first woman to perform open heart surgery.After graduating with honors from Tuskegee High School, she ...

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4/20/2018
4/20/2018
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Myra Adele Alston MP (1908 - 1977)

Myra Adele Logan (1908–1977) was an African American physician, surgeon and anatomist. She was the first woman to perform open heart surgery.After graduating with honors from Tuskegee High School, she ...

4/20/2018

Emily Blackwell MP (1826 - 1910)

Blackwell (October 8, 1826 – September 7, 1910) was the second woman to earn a medical degree at what is now Case Western Reserve University, and the third openly identified woman to earn a medical deg...

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2/24/2012
4/18/2018
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2/24/2012

Emily Blackwell MP (1826 - 1910)

Blackwell (October 8, 1826 – September 7, 1910) was the second woman to earn a medical degree at what is now Case Western Reserve University, and the third openly identified woman to earn a medical deg...

4/18/2018

Dr. Sara Josephine Baker (1873 - 1945)

Sara Josephine Baker (November 15, 1873 – February 22, 1945) was an American physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City. She e...

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4/18/2018
4/18/2018
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Dr. Sara Josephine Baker (1873 - 1945)

Sara Josephine Baker (November 15, 1873 – February 22, 1945) was an American physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City. She e...

4/18/2018

Dr. Louise Pearce (1885 - 1959)

Dr. Pearce was president of the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia. She was an American pathologist at the Rockefeller Institute who helped develop a treatment for African sleeping sickness (trypa...

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4/18/2018
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Dr. Louise Pearce (1885 - 1959)

Dr. Pearce was president of the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia. She was an American pathologist at the Rockefeller Institute who helped develop a treatment for African sleeping sickness (trypa...

4/18/2018

Dr. Jane Cooke Jones (1919 - 2013)

Jane Cooke Wright (also known as "Jane Jones" or "Mr. David Jones") (November 30, 1919 – February 19, 2013) was a pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon noted for her contributions to chemotherapy. I...

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2/27/2010
4/18/2018
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2/27/2010

Dr. Jane Cooke Jones (1919 - 2013)

Jane Cooke Wright (also known as "Jane Jones" or "Mr. David Jones") (November 30, 1919 – February 19, 2013) was a pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon noted for her contributions to chemotherapy. I...

4/18/2018

Jane Fonda MP

"Jayne"

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Bal...

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1/24/2007
4/17/2018
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1/24/2007

Jane Fonda MP

"Jayne"

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Bal...

4/17/2018

Goodman Brinker is the founder and Chair of Global Strategy of Susan G. Komen, an organization named after her only sister, Susan, who died from breast cancer in 1980 at age 36. Brinker was also United...

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5/4/2010
4/17/2018
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Goodman Brinker is the founder and Chair of Global Strategy of Susan G. Komen, an organization named after her only sister, Susan, who died from breast cancer in 1980 at age 36. Brinker was also United...

4/17/2018

Jean Evelyn Nidetch MP (1923 - 2015)

Nidetch (born 'Jean Slutsky' on October 12, 1923) is the co-founder of the Weight Watchers organization. Early life: Nidetch was born in Brooklyn, New York, to David Slutsky, a cab driver, and Mae Slut...

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3/4/2009
4/17/2018
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Jean Evelyn Nidetch MP (1923 - 2015)

Nidetch (born 'Jean Slutsky' on October 12, 1923) is the co-founder of the Weight Watchers organization. Early life: Nidetch was born in Brooklyn, New York, to David Slutsky, a cab driver, and Mae Slut...

4/17/2018

Dorothy Mary Hodgkin OM, FRS (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994), née Crowfoot, was a British biochemist and structural chemist. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964 "for her determinations by X-ray techniques of t...

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9/15/2011
4/17/2018
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Dorothy Mary Hodgkin OM, FRS (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994), née Crowfoot, was a British biochemist and structural chemist. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964 "for her determinations by X-ray techniques of t...

4/17/2018