Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians

the first woman doctor of medicine in Germany

Russia's first woman medical doctor

She was regarded as one of the most respected women's health specialists in the United States.

In 1913 she became the first woman in the Kingdom of Prussia to be appointed a professor of medicine.

erstes weibliches Staatsoberhaupt eines deutschen Staates

In 1950 she started her university medical studies in Munich, Innsbruck and Regensburg.

Rahel Goitein Straus was among the first women to be trained as a medical doctor in Germany

becoming one of the first women to attend medical school in Italy

She became the first professor of psychiatry of old age in the UK

geb. 14.01.1900 Köln, gest. 30.08.1981 Ahrenshoop

fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States

Tiburtius was one of the first two women to qualify as a doctor in imperial Germany.

She was the first female medical doctor to graduate from the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague

the first female board-certified orthopedic surgeon in the United States

Marie Equi became one of the first 60 women to become a physician in Oregon.

was one of the earliest women in the United Kingdom to pursue a career as a surgeon

was an Indian physician who was among the earliest pioneers of physical medicine and rehabilitation in India

She was a pioneer in pediatric medicine and was the first French-Canadian woman to become a doctor.

was the world's first female ambulance surgeon and the first woman to secure a surgical residency

In 1919, she became the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University.

was a Polish-American physician who made her name as a pioneering female doctor in the United States

Augusta was born in 1825 to free people of color in Norfolk, Virginia

was the first female Swiss physician, a writer and a co-founder of the first Swiss gynaecological hospital

the first woman to become a doctor of medicine in South America

She was the first female surgeon of African-American ancestry from the Southeastern United States.

Britt was the first African American in the United States to receive an endowed chair in surgery at a major American medical school.

being the first Latino president of this prestigious organization

was the first Estonian woman to become a medical doctor

She erected a fine hospital at Rome, and waited on the inmates herself

she became the first female president in the history of the organization

Ida Mett (1901-1973) was a Belarusian anarcho-syndicalist, physician and writer.

Alcira de la Peña (8 November 1910-15 March 1998) was an Argentine physician and political leader.

She founded the Jenny de la Torre Foundation (Jenny De la Torre Stiftung) to serve homeless people in Berlin.

the first African American to formally practice medicine in the United States

In 1877 she completed her medical degree, only the second Swiss woman to do so

She studied at the University of Salerno

belonged to the minority of female students of her time period

Kelsey was the first woman to receive a PhD in pharmacology

was the first certified Indian female doctor of western medicine

she was the second woman, second person of color, and first African American to serve as Surgeon General

she was the first female dean of a medical school in the United States of America

Ainun continued her education in the Medical Faculty of University of Indonesia and graduated in 1961.

Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821-31 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom.

She was the first African-American female doctor of medicine, qualifying at the New England Female Medical College in 1864.

She is widely acknowledged as one of the first Indigenous people, and the first Indigenous woman, to earn a medical degree.

She was among the first women to receive a medical degree in German-speaking Europe.