19th century Women in medicine

maria cuțarida-crătunescu, first female doctor in romania, 1857-1919. stamp of romania, 2007.



bertha de vriese (1877–1958), first belgian woman obtain medical degree ghent university.
eloísa díaz (1866-1950), first chilean woman graduate medicine in universidad de chile. graduated on december 27, 1886 , obtained degree on january 3, 1887.
marie durocher (1809–1893), brazilian obstetrician, midwife , physician. first female doctor in americas.
marie equi (1872–1952), american doctor , activist women s access birth control , abortion.
anne walter fearn (1865-1938) doctor in shanghai, china, 40 years.
selma feldbach (may 5, 1878 - april 2, 1924) first estonian woman become medical doctor.
kadambini ganguly (1861–1923), first indian woman obtain medical degree in india having graduated calcutta medical college in 1886.
vera gedroitz (1870–1932), first professorix of surgery in world
ogino ginko (1851-1913), first licensed , practicing female physician of western medicine in japan.
anastasia golovina, known anastassya nikolau berladsky-golovina, , atanasya golovina (1850-1933), first bulgarian female doctor.
alice hamilton (february 27, 1869 – september 22, 1970) american physician, research scientist, , author best known leading expert in field of occupational health and pioneer in field of industrial toxicology. first woman appointed faculty of harvard university. 
rosina heikel (1842 - 1929), first female physician in finland (1878), first in nordic countries, md , feminist.
matilde hidalgo (1889–1974), first ecuadorian woman have obtained medical degree.
frances hoggan (1843–1927), first british woman receive doctorate in medicine (1870).
marie spångberg holth (1865-1942), first woman graduate in medicine in norway, occurred in 1893, when graduated royal frederiks university of christiania.
ana galvis hotz (1855-1934), first colombian woman, , latin america, obtain medical degree.
elsie inglis (1864–1917) pioneering scottish doctor , suffragist, born in india. md edinburgh school of medicine women, worked @ rotunda hospital, dublin
aletta jacobs (1854-1929), first woman complete university course in netherlands, , first dutch female md.
ana janer (b. unknown), 1 of first 4 women puerto rico earn medical degree; other 3 maría elisa rivera díaz in 1909, palmira gatell in 1910, , dolores piñero in 1913. ana janer , maría elisa rivera díaz graduated in same medical school class in 1909 , both considered first female puerto rican physician.
sophia jex-blake (1840-1912), english physician, feminist , teacher.
anandi gopal joshi (1865-1887), first indian woman obtain medical degree having graduated woman s medical college of pennsylvania in 1886.
bohuslava kecková (1854-1911), first bohemian (czech) woman obtain medical degree in 1880 university of zurich.
sun chau lee (周理信, 1890-1979), 1 of first female chinese doctors of western medicine in china.
hope bridges adams lehmann (1855-1916), first female general practitioner , gynecologist in munich, germany.
karola maier milobar (born 1876), became first female physician practice in croatia in 1906.
maria montessori (1870–1952), 1 of first female mds in italy; renowned educator
hannah myrick (1871–1973), helped introduce use of x-rays @ new england hospital women , children
concepción palacios herrera (1893-1981), first female physician in nicaragua.
ernestina paper (b. unknown, circa mid-1800s), first italian woman receive advanced degree (in medicine), 1877.
edith pechey-phipson (1845–1908), pioneering english doctor in india; md 1877, university of bern , licentiate in midwifery, 1877 royal college of physicians of ireland.
susan la flesche picotte (1865-1915), first native american woman obtain medical degree.
ann preston, (1813–1872), first female dean of medical school.
muthulakshmi reddi (1886–1968), 1 of female medical doctors in india , major social reformer.
bertha e. reynolds (1868-1961), among first women licensed practice medicine in wisconsin, serving rural communities of lone rock , avoca.
maría elisa rivera díaz (b. 1887), 1 of first 4 women puerto rico earn medical degree (which did in 1909); other 3 ana janer in 1909, palmira gatell in 1910, , dolores piñero in 1913. maría elisa rivera díaz , ana janer graduated in same medical school class in 1909 , both considered first female puerto rican physician.
laura esther rodriguez dulanto (1872–1919), first peruvian woman have obtained medical degree.
andrea evangelina rodríguez perozo (1879-1947), first female medical school graduate in dominican republic.
florence sabin (1871-1953), first woman elected national academy of sciences.
mary scharlieb (1845-1930), pioneer british female physician.
constance stone (1856-1902), first woman practice medicine in australia.
nadezhda suslova (1843–1918), first russian female md, graduate of zurich university
ah-hsin tsai (1899-1990), colonial taiwan s first female physician.
lucy hobbs taylor (1833–1910), first female dentist in united states.
anna petronella van heerden (1887–1975), first afrikaner woman qualify medical doctor. thesis, obtained doctorate on in 1923, first medical thesis written in afrikaans.
emma k. willits (1869–1965), believed third woman specialize in surgery , first head department of general surgery @ children s hospital in san francisco, 1921-1934.
yoshioka yayoi (1871–1959), 1 of first women gain medical degree in japan; founded medical school women in 1900.




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