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Women alive prior to 1850

A

• Abbott, Gertrude (1846 - 1934) - Medical administrator, Nun
• Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834 - 1872) - Naturalist, Writer

B

• Biddulph, Harriette (1839 - 1940) - Botanical collector

C

• Coxen, Elizabeth Frances (1825 - 1906) - Naturalist, Meteorologist

D

• De Mole, Fanny Elizabeth (1835 - 1866) - Botanical artist
• Dietrich, Koncordie Amalie (1821 - 1891) - Botanist, Naturalist
• Dunlop, Eliza Hamilton (1796 - 1880) - Ethnographer

G

• Gould, Elizabeth (1804 - 1841) - Natural history artist

H

• Holden, Frances Gillam (1843 - 1924) - Nurse, Hospital administrator

K

• King, Georgina (1845 - 1932) - Anthropologist, Geologist
• Knip, Pauline de Courcelles (1781 - 1851) - Natural history artist

L

• Lovell, Selina Frances Nanette Louise (1827 - 1905) - Natural history collector, Teacher

M

• Macleay, Fanny (1793 - 1836) - Botanical artist, Naturalist
• Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812 - 1895) - Author, Botanical artist
• Molloy, Georgiana (1805 - 1843) - Botanist

N

• Nightingale, Florence (1820 - 1910) - Nurse, Hospital administrator
• North, Marianne (1830 - 1890) - Botanical artist

O

• Osburn, Lucy (1836 - 1891) - Nurse manager

R

• Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922) - Botanical artist, Botanical collector

S

• Scott, Harriet (1830 - 1907) - Naturalist, Artist
• Scott, Helena (1832 - 1910) - Naturalist, Artist
• Sutherland, Sulina Murray MacDonald (1839 - 1909) - Nurse, Child welfare worker

T

• Turriff, Haldane Coloquhoun (1834 - 1922) - Hospital administrator

© University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, 2009
First published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/browse_pre1850.html