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This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain; James Barry, possibly the first female bodied doctor (assigned female at birth but living as a man) List of first female physicians by country; Rebecca Lee Crumpler, first African American female physician; State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Lovisa Årberg (1801–1881) was the first female doctor and surgeon in Sweden; whereas, Amalia Assur (1803–1889) was the first female dentist in Sweden and possibly Europe. Marie Durocher (1809–1893) was a Brazilian obstetrician, midwife and physician. She is considered the first female doctor in Brazil and the Americas.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and suffragist.She is known for being the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon [1] and as a co-founder and dean of the London School of Medicine for Women, which was the first medical school in Britain to train women as doctors. [2]
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Polymnia Panagiotidou was the first woman to study pharmacology. She was also the first woman to own and successfully operate a drugstore in Greece. Two more female doctors Anna Katsigra and Anthi Vasiliadou motivated by the success of Kalapothakes successfully practiced medicine in Greece around the same period.
As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands. In 1882, she founded the world's first birth control clinic and was a leader in both the Dutch and international women's movements.
She is known as the first female doctor in Berlin. She founded the first polyclinic for women and children in Berlin. [1] Her great uncle was the German mathematician C. L. Lehmus and the German poet Johann Adam Lehmus (1707-1788) was her great great grandfather.