Incredible.
Alice Catherine Evans.
Alice Catherine Evans was a microbiologist who championed the pasteurisation of milk, thus saving countless lives. She was working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the time, but her work was only taken seriously when it was confirmed by other scientists.
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Dr Megan Coffee.
A specialist in infectious diseases, Dr Coffee has been working in Haiti since the earthquake in2010. She arrived in Haiti after the earthquake and established a new sanatorium in Port-au-Prince. She still works there, without pay, taking public transport to work, treating patients.
doctorcoffee.org / Via nybooks.com
Max Yasgur.
Without Yasgur, Woodstock would never have happened. Yasgur allowed the festival to take place on his dairy farm, after other villages wouldn't host the event.
