Vilma Hugonnai

Vilma Hugonnai
Born (1847-09-30)30 September 1847
Nagytétény, Hungary, Austrian Empire
Died March 25, 1922(1922-03-25) (aged 74)
Budapest, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Occupation Medical doctor

Countess Vilma Hugonnai de Szentgyörgy (September 30, 1847 in Nagytétény, Hungary (today part of Budapest) – March 25, 1922 in Budapest) was the first Hungarian woman medical doctor.[1]

Life

Countess Vilma Hugonnai was the fifth child of Count Kálmán Hugonnai and Pánczély Riza. She studied Medicine in Zurich and received her degree in 1879.[2] When Vilma returned to Hungary she could not begin her career as a physician as the Hungarian administration refused to recognize her qualifications because of her gender. She worked as a midwife until 1897, when the Hungarian authorities accepted her degree and she could start her own medical practice.[2] The first woman to qualify in Hungary was Sarolta Steinberger in 1900.[3] Neither of them was allowed to practice without a male doctor's supervision until 1913.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Iván Völgyes, Nancy Völgyes, The liberated female: life, work, and sex in socialist Hungary, Westview Press, 1977, p. 9
  2. 1 2 3 Jennifer S. Uglow, Maggy Hendry, The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography, UPNE, 1999, p. 268
  3. ↑ Steinberger Sarolta (1875-1966) is a doctor, a feminist, Mamika, 30 May 2015, Nokert.hu, Retrieved 21 April 2017
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