Varvara Rudneva
Varvara Rudneva | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1844 |
| Died | 1899 |
| 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 by promising to treat only women patients who refused to be treated by male doctors because of religious reasons.[3]
Legacy
- A crater on Venus bears Rudneva's name.[4]
Notes
- ^ Evans Clements, Barbara (2012). A History of Women in Russia: From Earliest Times to the Present. Indiana University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780253000972.
- ^ Clyman, Toby W.; Vowles, Judith (1999). Russia Through Women's Eyes: Autobiographies from Tsarist Russia. Yale University Press. pp. 158–185. ISBN 9780300067545.
- ^ Alpern Engel, Barbara (2004). Women in Russia. Cambridge. p. 75. ISBN 9780521003186.
- ^ Greeley, Ronald; Batson, Raymond (2001-11-29). The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521806336.
- http://english.ruvr.ru/2005/04/12/102263.html
- Marilyn Ogilvie & Joy Harvey: Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science