Sofia Okunevska
Sofia Okunevska (Ukr. Софія Окуневська-Морачевська, Ger. Dr.in Sofia Okunewska-Moraczewska, 12 May 1865, Dovzhanka, Ternopil region, Austrian Empire – 24 February 1926, Lviv, Poland (today Ukraine)) was the first woman who graduated from university and became a doctor in Austria-Hungary, the first Ukrainian female doctor.[citation needed] Okunevska was a public activist and an important figure in feminist movement in Galicia and Austria-Hungary.[1][2] She also debuted in literature - in the first women's almanac "First Wreath" she published a story about urban life "Sand. Sand! ", as well as work "Family bondage in songs and wedding ceremonies ". Last years she spent in Lviv, where she led a small medical practice. Okunevska died at the hospital for purulent appendicitis. Buried on Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv
References
- ^ "ОКУНЕВСЬКА-МОРАЧЕВСЬКА Софія" [Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine Vol. 7: Okunevsky-Morachevsky Sofia]. Ukrainian History Organization (in Ukrainian). Kiev, Ukraine: НАН України, Інститут історії України ( National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of History of Ukraine). 2010. p. 728. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ Кіцера, О.Ом.; Кіцера, О.Ол.; Кіцера, Н.І. (2011). "Софія Атанасівна Окуневська-Морачевська – перша жінка-лікар Буковини і Галичини (1865–1926)" [Sofia Atanasivna Okunevsky Morachevsky - First Woman Doctor of Bukovina and Galicia (1865-1926)] (PDF). журнала "Жіночий лікар" (Woman Doctor Magazine) (in Ukrainian) (1). Kiev, Ukraine: 48–49. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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