| a woman who makes or mends dresses | American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) |
| | 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) |