Dr. James Barry

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
The pioneering Cork surgeon Dr. James Barry (born Margaret Bulkley) who lived as a man, pursued a prestigious medical career, performing the first successful Caesarean section in the British Empire in which both mother and baby survived.
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Kay McNulty

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Kathleen "Kay" McNulty Mauchly Antonelli was a Donegal Gaeilgeoir, computer programmer and one of the six original programmers of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
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Lady Mary Heath

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A woman of many firsts. First person to fly from Cape Town to London. First woman to hold a flying licence. First woman to take a mechanics qualification in the USA. Olympic silver medalist, she was one of the best known women in the 1920s
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Mother Jones

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Corkonian Union Activist known as "the most dangerous woman in America". She founded the Social Democratic Party, led a children's march against child labour conditions, and helped establish the Industrial Workers of the World.
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Ninette de Valois
Dancer, teacher, choreographer for The Abbey Theatre and artistic director and founder of The Royal Ballet. The importance of her role in creating not only a world-class national company, but a unique style of dance cannot be overstated.
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Oonah Keogh

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In 1925, aged 22, Keogh became the world's first female member of a Stock Exchange. Defying expectation, she was a successful entrepreneur, and in the 1940s' she took on the banks and paved the way for women to enter the world of finance.
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