| American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) | a woman who makes or mends dresses |
| a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) | |
| British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) | |
| British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) | |
| Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) | |