Varvara Rudneva

Varvara Rudneva
Born 1844
Chausy, Mogilev Province, Russian Empire
Died 1899 (aged 54–55)
Other names Varvara Kashevarova Rudneva
Occupation Physician
Known for First female medical doctor in Russia

Varvara Kashevarova Rudneva (1844–1899), was a Russian physician.[1] She was the second woman in Russia to be a doctor and to obtain a degree in medicine (1876), after Nadezhda Suslova.[2] Her exam was thereby unique in Russia at the time and received much attention. Despite the ban against women studying at University, she was given a special dispensation to study for her willingness to treat women patients who refused to be treated by male doctors because of religious reasons.[3]

Legacy

Notes

  1. ↑ Evans Clements, Barbara (2012). A History of Women in Russia: From Earliest Times to the Present. Indiana University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780253000972.
  2. ↑ Clyman, Toby W.; Vowles, Judith (1999). Russia Through Women's Eyes: Autobiographies from Tsarist Russia. Yale University Press. pp. 158–185. ISBN 9780300067545.
  3. ↑ Alpern Engel, Barbara (2004). Women in Russia. Cambridge. p. 75. ISBN 9780521003186.
  4. ↑ Greeley, Ronald; Batson, Raymond (2001-11-29). The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521806336.
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