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'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana
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Lesotho lawyer and ombudsman
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lawyer
politician
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Agata Majda
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psychologist
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Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett
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Doctor
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physician
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Ahalya Chari
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Indian educationist
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Aileen McLeod
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Scottish politician
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politician
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Aislinn Hunter
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Canadian writer
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author
novelist
writer
poet
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Alexandra Mary Chalmers Watson
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Scottish physician and co-founder of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
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physician
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Alexandra Tolstoy
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equine adventurer, broadcaster and businesswoman
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writer
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Alice Bloomfield
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Scottish gynaecological surgeon
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lawyer
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Alice Hutchison
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Doctor who served in first world war
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physician
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Alice Upham Smith
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American landscape architect, author and botanical illustrator (1908 - 1987)
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botanical illustrator
landscape architect
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Aline Mackinnon
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British politician
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politician
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Alison Bell
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politician
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politician
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Alison Jaggar
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feminist philosopher
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philosopher
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Alison Kinnaird
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music journalist
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Amber McNaught
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blogger
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Amy Guy
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Web researcher
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researcher
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Angela Malik
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Modern British Asian chef
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chef
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Angela Mudge
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Skyrunner
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athletics competitor
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Angela Ndambuki
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chief executive officer
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Ann Henderson
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campaigner in the labour movement and Rector of the University of Edinburgh
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trade unionist
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Ann Scott-Moncrieff
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writer
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novelist
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Anna Glasier
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professor; expert in reproductive medicine
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gynaecologist
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Anna Macleod
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Scottish biochemist
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biochemist
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Anna Sujatha Mathai
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Indian poet and littérateur
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poet
writer
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Anne Bevan
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artist
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Anne Bryson Sutherland
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plastic surgeon
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Anne Cluysenaar
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Irish poet, writer
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poet
critic
writer
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Anne Gillespie Shaw
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engineer
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Anne Glover
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Scottish biologist, Vice Principal for External Affairs and Dean for Europe, Institute Of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
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biologist
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Anne Lorne Gillies
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Scottish singer, writer, broadcaster and politician
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journalist
singer
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Anne Mackenzie-Stuart
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Scottish activist
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lawyer
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Anne Marie Rafferty
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British nurse, administrator, academic and researcher
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nurse
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Anne Richards
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Chief Executive, M&G Investments.
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Anne Smith, Lady Smith
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British judge
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advocate
judge
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Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
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writer
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Anya Reading
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Australian geophysicist
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geophysicist
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Arabella Dorman
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British war artist and portrait painter
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painter
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Arabella Scott
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Scottish suffragette
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teacher
suffragette
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Audrey Henshall
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British archaeologist
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archaeologist
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B. T. S. Atkins
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lexicographer
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lexicographer
linguist
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Bakhtawar Zardari Bhutto
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Pakistani politician
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politician
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Barbara Erskine
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British writer
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writer
novelist
historian
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Barbara Mawer
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British biochemist and medical researcher
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biochemist
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Betty Ogwaro
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South Sudanese politician
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politician
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Birgül Oğuz
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Turkish writer
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writer
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Briony Penn
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Environmental activist
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politician
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Carla Gomes
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Portuguese-American computer scientist
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computer scientist
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Carmel Heah
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Malaysian academic
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academic
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Carola Margaret Hicks
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art historian (1941–2010)
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art historian
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Carole Hillenbrand
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Islamic scholar
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historian
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Caroline McNairn
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British artist
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painter
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Carrie Gracie
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British news journalist and presenter for the BBC
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television producer
news presenter
journalist
television presenter
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Catherine Czerkawska
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British writer
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novelist
playwright
writer
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Catherine Heymans
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astrophysicist
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physicist
astronomer
astrophysicist
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Catherine MacLeod
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Scottish Gaelic singer
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singer
teacher
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Catherine Zara Raymond
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British academic
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academic
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Cathy MacDonald
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British broadcaster
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television presenter
radio personality
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Cuide ri Cathy
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Cathy Warwick
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trade unionist
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Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul
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Scottish Gaelic writer and actor
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poet
writer
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Catriona McPherson
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novelist
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Cecilia McDowall
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British composer
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composer
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Charisse Pearlina Weston
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visual artist
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Charlotte Auerbach
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Geneticist, author
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biologist
geneticist
university teacher
zoologist
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Christina Cruickshank Miller
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Scottish chemist
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chemist
scientist
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Christine D'haen
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Belgian writer
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poet
writer
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Christine Dean
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British psychiatrist
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psychiatrist
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Christine Grahame
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Scottish politician
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politician
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Christy Clark
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Canadian politician
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politician
radio personality
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Claire A Murray
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researcher
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Claire Colebrook
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Australian cultural theorist
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philosopher
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Clare Blackburn
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British female biologist
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biologist
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Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
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British writer
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novelist
writer
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Danielle de St. Jorre
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Seychellois politician
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diplomat
politician
teacher
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Daphne Pochin Mould
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Irish photographer and journalist
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photographer
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Deborah Saunt
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Australian-English architect
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architect
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Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan
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Scottish civil engineer
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civil engineer
engineer
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Dorothy Geddes
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surgeon
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Durr-e-Shahwar Syed
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Edith Mary Brown
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British medical doctor and Christian missionary to India
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missionary
physician
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Edith Pechey
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doctor, campaigner for women's rights
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physician
suffragette
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Eirlys Bellin
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British actor and comedian
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actor
comedian
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Elaine Murray
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British politician
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politician
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Eleanor Anne Ormerod
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English entomologist
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lepidopterist
botanist
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Eleanor Campbell
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Professor of Physical Chemistry at Edinburgh University
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physicist
chemist
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Elisabeth Schellekens
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British philosopher of art
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philosopher
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Elizabeth Gunn
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New Zealand physician
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physician
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Elizabeth Innes
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Scottish haemotologist
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teacher
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Elizabeth Percival
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chemist
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Elizabeth Watson
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Supporter of the Scottish Gaelic language
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Elize du Toit
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British actress
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actor
film actor
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Ella Hickson
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British writer
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playwright
writer
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Elsie Inglis
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Scottish doctor and suffragist
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physician
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Emily Blackwell
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English-born American physician
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physician
gynaecologist
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Eve V. Clark
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American linguist
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linguist
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Eveline MacLaren
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Evelyn Telfer
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biologist
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Fiona Ross
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nurse
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Fiona Steele
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statistician
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Flora Nwapa
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Nigerian writer
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novelist
children's writer
writer
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Flora Philip
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Scottish mathematician
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mathematician
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Florence Miller
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Miller, Florence Fenwick (1854–1935), journalist and public lecturer
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journalist
editor
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Frances Melville
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Scottish suffragist
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teacher
suffrage activist
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Frances Simson
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Scottish promoter of women's higher education and suffragist
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politician
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Gabriel Weston
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English surgeon and writer
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surgeon
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Genevieve Barr
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English actress
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actor
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Georgia Rodgers
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British composer and acoustician
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composer
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Gerd Brantenberg
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Norwegian writer
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author
writer
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Gertrude Herzfeld
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British doctor
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physician
surgeon
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Gillian Galbraith
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British writer
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journalist
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Gillian K. Ferguson
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poet
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Gisela Babel
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German politician
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politician
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Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir
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Icelandic politician
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politician
minister
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Hanne Riis Nielson
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professor
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Heidi Campbell
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American academic
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media scholar
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Helen Dale
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Australian writer
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writer
novelist
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Helen Douglas
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Scottish book artist
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artist
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Helen Evans Russel
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M. A. Elston, ‘Edinburgh Seven (act. 1869–1873)’, first published
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Helen Pankhurst
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British activist and blogger
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Helen Pidd
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English journalist
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journalist
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Helen Popova Alderson
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mathematician and translator
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mathematician
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Hermione Cockburn
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British television and radio presenter
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radio personality
television presenter
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Hikmat Abu Zayd
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Egyptian politician and academic
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politician
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Hilary Andersson
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journalist
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journalist
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Hind Bensari
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Moroccan film director
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film director
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We Could Be Heroes
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Holly Cram
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field hockey player (1984-)
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field hockey player
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Honor Fell
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British scientist and zoologist
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immunologist
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Indira Miri
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Indian educationist
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academic
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Irene Brown
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British codebreaker
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Irmelin Munch
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author
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Isabel Maxwell
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French academic
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businessperson
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Isabel Thorne
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British midwife
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midwife
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Isabel Wilson
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British psychiatrist
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psychiatrist
physician
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Isabella Calthorpe
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British actress
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actor
model
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J. K. Rowling
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English novelist
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film producer
writer
novelist
teacher
children's writer
screenwriter
author
executive producer
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Jane Burgermeister
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journalist
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Jane Grimson
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computer engineer
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|
scientist
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Jane Hillston
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British computer scientist
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computer scientist
engineer
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Jane King
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Saint Lucian poet
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poet
writer
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Jane Rendell
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architect
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Jill Gallard
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British diplomat
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diplomat
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Joanna Drew
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Art gallery director
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curator
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Jokha al-Harthi
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Arabic scholar and writer
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novelist
short story writer
university teacher
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Josephine Gordon Stuart
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Josipa Petrunic
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Joyce Ballou Gregorian
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American writer
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novelist
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Judith Miller
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British antiques expert
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antiquarian
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Judith Squires
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Prof and Pro Vice Chancellor of Bristol Uni
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academic
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Judy Delin
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British linguist
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linguist
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Julia Bailey-Serres
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American geneticist
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geneticist
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Julia Haig Gaisser
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American classical philologist
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classical philologist
classical scholar
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Julie Fleeting
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British footballer
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association football player
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Kate Clanchy
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British writer
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poet
writer
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Kate Friedländer
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British psychoanalyst
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physician
psychoanalyst
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Kathryn McPherson
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researcher
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Katie Stevenson
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historian
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Kay Carmichael
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activist
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Kaye Adams
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television presenter
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television presenter
journalist
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Kellelo Justina Masafo-Guni
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Lesotho judge
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politician
judge
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Kesaveloo Goonam
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South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist
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physician
activist
autobiographer
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Kim Binsted
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American computer scientist
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computer scientist
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Kirsty Duncan
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Canadian politician
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politician
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Kirsty McCabe
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British weather forecaster
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meteorologist
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Krystyna Magdalena Munk
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doctor
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Lady Amelia Windsor
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daughter of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews and Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews
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model
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Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert
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geologist, feminist
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geologist
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Laura A. M. Stewart
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historian specialising early modern British history
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Laura Bonsall
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Laura Kuenssberg
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British journalist
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journalist
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Laura Sandeman
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Leilah Nadir
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Canadian writer
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novelist
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Lesley Brennan
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Scottish politician
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politician
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Letitia Fairfield
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doctor, lawyer, war-worker, and first ever female Chief Medical Officer for London
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physician
lawyer
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Licia Verde
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physicist
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Lilian Lindsay
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First qualified woman dentist in the United Kingdom
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historian
dentist
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Lily Dougall
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Canadian writer
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novelist
poet
religious writer
writer
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Lily Inglis
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architect
|
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architect
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Lin Anderson
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crime novelist and screenwriter
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writer
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Linda Bauld
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scientist
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teacher
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Linda Gilroy
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British politician
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politician
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Ling Shuhua
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Chinese writer
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diplomat
writer
painter
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Lorna Drummond
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lawyer
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Louise Nicholson
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British historian and journalist
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journalist
author
academic lecturer
historian
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Lucy Coats
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British children's writer
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writer
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Lucy Kirkwood
|
British writer
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writer
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Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton
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British politician
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politician
judge
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Lynn Cooper
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professor of communication
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Maddie Breeze
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sociologist
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Magdalena Midgley
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academic
|
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Maggie Hemingway
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British writer
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writer
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Mansoureh Ettehadieh
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Iranian historian and publisher
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historian
novelist
translator
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Margaret Donaldson
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British psychologist
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psychologist
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Margaret J. Anderson
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Scottish American children's writer
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writer
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Margaret Kidd
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Scottish lawyer, politician and editor
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lawyer
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Margaret MacPherson
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agriculturer
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Margaret Stevenson Miller
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British academic
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Margaret Tait
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British filmmaker, writer, poet
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poet
writer
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Margaret Thomson
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Scottish physician and prisoner of war (1902-1982)
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physician
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Margareta of Romania
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Romanian Royal
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diplomat
prince
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Maria Baden
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Botanist
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botanist
Ph.D. candidate
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Maria Bamford
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American actress and comedian
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comedian
screenwriter
voice actor
television actor
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Marina O'Loughlin
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British journalist
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journalist
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Marion Cameron Gray
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Scottish mathematician
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mathematician
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Marion Newbigin
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Scottish geographer and biologist
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biologist
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Martha Baillie
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Canadian writer
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novelist
poet
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Mary Anderson
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obstetrician and gynaecologist
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|
gynaecologist
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Mary Anderson Marshall
|
M. A. Elston, ‘Edinburgh Seven (act. 1869–1873)’, first published
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physician
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Mary Broadfoot Walker
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British physician
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physician
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Mary Cameron
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Scottish artist
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painter
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Mary Fergusson
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British engineer
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engineer
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Mary Hemingway Rees
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psychiatrist
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Mary Pitcaithly
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Scottish civil servant
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politician
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Mary Renfrew
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professor of midwifery
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Matilda Chaplin Ayrton
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English midwife and physician
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midwife
physician
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May Ratnayake
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physician
|
|
May-Britt Moser
|
Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist
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professor
neurologist
psychologist
physician
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|
Meena Upadhyaya
|
Indian-born Welsh medical geneticist and an honorary professor at Cardiff University
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biologist
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Moira Gibb
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British public servant and social worker
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social worker
civil servant
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Mona Chalabi
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British data journalist
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journalist
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Morelle Smith
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poet
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Myne Whitman
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Nigerian writer
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writer
novelist
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Nancy Loudon
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gynaecologist
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Nariman Youssef
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Egyptian translator
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translator
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Neena Modi
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president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
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pediatrician
professor
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Nessa Carey
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molecular biologist
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geneticist
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Nicole D. Peeler
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American author
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|
author
novelist
writer
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Nita Barrow
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BGovernor-General of Barbados
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midwife
nurse
diplomat
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Nora Calderwood
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Scottish mathematician and professor
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mathematician
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Norman Dott
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teacher
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Nur Amalina Che Bakri
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Malaysian doctor
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Opheera McDoom
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British journalist
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journalist
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Pamela Butchart
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writer
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Pamela Ropner
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British author
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writer
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Paola Buonadonna
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Italian journalist
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journalist
television presenter
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Patricia Birnie
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British jurist
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jurist
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Patsy Seddon
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British musician
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musician
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Pauline Alderman
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musician
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|
composer
musicologist
|
|
Pauline Ng
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Hong Kong educator and politician
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|
justice of the peace
politician
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|
Penny Jamieson
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Bishop of Dunedin
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priest
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Philippa Gardner
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computer scientist
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Pippa Middleton
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English socialite, author, columnist, and the younger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
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columnist
writer
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Princess Mako of Akishino
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Japanese princess
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aristocrat
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Rachel Knowles
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researcher
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Rachel Shabi
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Israeli writer
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writer
journalist
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Rebecca Saunders
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British composer
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composer
musician
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Regina Kapeller-Adler
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Austrian-British biochemist and pharmacologist
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biochemist
pharmacologist
academic
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Roisin Kennedy
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Irish artist
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curator
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Rona Dougall
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journalist
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Rosalind Hall
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American academic
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Rose Frain
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British artist
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painter
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Rosemarie Gillespie
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U.S. arachnologist
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arachnologist
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Rosemary Firth
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anthropologist
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anthropologist
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Ruqaiya Hasan
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Indian linguist
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linguist
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Ruth Adler
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lawyer
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Ruth Barnes
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art historian
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Ruth Fowler Edwards
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British woman scientist
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geneticist
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Ruth Thomas
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writer
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novelist
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Sam Holcroft
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British playwright
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playwright
writer
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Samantha Judge
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field hockey and badminton player
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field hockey player
badminton player
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Samha El-Kholy
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Egyptian musicologist
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musicologist
composer
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Sara Delamont
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Sara Gross
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British triathlete
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triathlete
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch
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British broadcaster
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radio personality
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Sarah Raven
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British gardener
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horticulturist
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Sarah Robertson
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British field hockey player (1993-)
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field hockey player
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Saveria Campo
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Italian viral oncologist
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teacher
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Shauna Mullin
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British beach volleyball player
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volleyball player
beach volleyball player
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Sheila McKechnie
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British trade unionist
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trade unionist
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Sheila Sherlock
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Anglo-Irish physician, hepatologist and educator
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physician
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Sheilagh Kesting
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British minister
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Shiona Baird
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British politician
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politician
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Shirley McIntosh
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Sports shooter
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sport shooter
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Shirley Webb
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British hammer thrower
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athletics competitor
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Siouxsie Wiles
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New Zealand microbiologist and science communicator
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science communicator
researcher
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Sonia Faleiro
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Indian writer
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author
journalist
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Sonja Jógvansdóttir
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journalist
politician
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Sophia Jex-Blake
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British physician and suffragist
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physician
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Sophie Cooke
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British writer
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novelist
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Stephanie Peay
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researcher
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ecologist
researcher
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Sue Bourne
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British documentary filmmaker
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film director
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Sue Broom
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science and agriculture journalist and broadcaster
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Sue Timney
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British interior and textile designer
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textile designer
interior designer
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Susan Deacon
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Politician, academic
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politician
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Susie Honeyman
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British musician
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violinist
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Susy Kane
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actress
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actor
comedian
screenwriter
jazz musician
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Suzanne Romaine
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linguist
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Tamara Galloway
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scientist
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researcher
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Theresa Clay
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British entomologist
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ornithologist
entomologist
zoologist
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Tracy Packiam Alloway
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University of North Florida psychologist
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psychologist
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Trish Deseine
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French writer
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writer
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Trudy Mackay
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British geneticist and Professor at North Carolina State University
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geneticist
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Unity Dow
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Botswana activist
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writer
judge
lawyer
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Valerie Stacey, Lady Stacey
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Scottish judge
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judge
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Vanessa Hall-Smith
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Director of the British Institure Florence
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lawyer
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Victoria Ann Matthews
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British botanist and scientific illustrator
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botanist
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Victoria Barnsley
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UK CEO of HarperCollins
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businessperson
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Victoria Martin
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Professor of Collider Physics at the University of Edinburgh
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physicist
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Wanda Piłsudska
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Polish psychiatrist
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psychiatrist
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Yaa Ntiamoah Badu
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Ghanaian zoologist and environmental specialist
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zoologist
academic
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唐余湘畹
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袁昌英
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