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Women on Walls is a campaign that seeks to make women leaders visible through a series of commissioned portraits that will create a lasting cultural legacy for Ireland.
WOMEN ON WALLS AT RIA
Françoise Henry
(1902 – 1992)
(1902 – 1992)
One of the most important twentieth-century historians of Irish art
Professor Sarah McCormack (TCD)
Developing photovoltaic technology that will dramatically reduce energyy costs and increase efficiency
Professor Aoife McLysaght (TCD)
Involved in a major discovery about how genes are formed
Associate Professor Aoife Gowen (UCD)
Her work analysing water with spectroscopy will help understand processes involved in biocompatibility and biodegradation
Professor Lydia Lynch (TCD)
A recipient of a UNESCO-L’Oreal International Woman in Science Award
Professor Debra Laefer (UCD)
Devoted her research career to the protection of historic structures
Professor Catríona Lally (TCD)
Developing a means of early diagnosis of degenerative cardiovascular diseases
WOMEN ON WALLS AT RCSI
Dr. Victoria Coffey
(1911 – 1999)
(1911 – 1999)
One of the earliest to investigate Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Mary Frances Crowley
(1906 – 1990)
(1906 – 1990)
Founder member and first Dean of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery in the RCSI
Dr. (Emily) Winifred Dickson
(1866 – 1944)
(1866 – 1944)
First female fellow in the RCSI
Dr. Pearl Dunlevy
(1909 – 2002)
(1909 – 2002)
Graduate and lynchpin of Dublin’s immunisation programme
Sr. & Dr. Maura Lynch
(1938 – 2017)
Extensive work in missionary hospitals in Africa
Dr. Barbara Maive Stokes
(1922 – 2009)
(1922 – 2009)
Paediatrician and disability campaigner
Dr. Mary Somerville Parker Strangman
(1872 – 1943)
(1872 – 1943)
Suffragette and advocate of women’s & public health services
Dr. Mary Josephine Hannan
(1865 – 1935)
(1865 – 1935)
First woman to both train and qualify at RCSI