List of first female physicians by country
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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. The dates given in parentheses below are the dates the women graduated from medical school. Studies have shown that patients treated by female physicians may have better outcomes than patients treated by male physicians.[1][2]
Africa[]
Country | Physician | Year graduated
medical school |
Year began
practice |
---|---|---|---|
Algeria | Aldjia Noureddine-Benallègue | 1946 | 1946 |
Egypt | Hilana Sedarous | 1930 | 1930 |
Ghana | Susan Ofori-Atta | 1949 | 1949 |
Kenya | Mary de Sousa[3] | 1919 | |
Mauritania | Two women[4] | 2015 | 2015 |
Morocco | [5] (born in France) | 1900 | 1909 |
Namibia | Libertina Amathila | 1969 | 1969 |
Nigeria | Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi | 1938 | 1938 |
Senegal | [6] | ||
Somalia | Hawa Abdi | 1971 | 1971 |
South Africa | Jane Elizabeth Waterston | 1880 | |
Sudan | Khalida Zahir[7] | 1952 | 1952 |
And one other woman[8] | 1952 | ||
Tanzania | Esther Mwaikambo[9] | 1969 | 1969 |
Tunisia | Tewhida Ben Sheikh | 1936 | 1936 |
Uganda | Josephine Nambooze | 1959 | 1962 |
Zimbabwe | Madeline Nyamwanza-Makonese | 1970 | 1970 |
Americas[]
Asia[]
Country | Physician | Year graduated
medical school |
Year began
practice | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | [11] | Late 1950s | Late 1950s | ||
Azerbaijan | Sona Valikhan | 1908 | 1908 | ||
Bahrain | [12] | ||||
Bangladesh | Zohra Begum Kazi | ||||
Cyprus | [13] | 1927 | 1927 | ||
Hong Kong | [14] | ||||
India | Anandi Gopal Joshi / Kadambini Ganguly[15][16] | 1886 | |||
Indonesia | Marie Thomas | 1912 | 1922 | ||
Iran | Badri Teymourtash | 1920s | 1920s | ||
Iraq | Anne Satyan | 1922[17] | |||
Israel | [18] | (first recorded)1909 | |||
Japan | Ogino Ginko / Kei Okami | 1882 | 1885 | 1889 | 1889 |
Jordan | [19] | 1953 | 1953 | ||
Korea | Jang-geum | 16th century | |||
Kuwait | Eleanor Jane Taylor Calverley (born in USA)[20] | 1908 | 1911 | ||
Lebanon | Edma Abouchdid | 1931 | 1936 | ||
Malaysia | Salma Ismail | 1947 | 1947 | ||
Palestine | [21][22] (born in Russia) | 1905 | 1906 | ||
Philippines | Honoria Acosta-Sison | 1909 | 1909 | ||
Russia | Nadezhda Suslova | 1867 | 1868 | ||
Singapore | Lee Choo Neo | 1919 | 1919 | ||
Syria | Sabat Islambouli | 1890 | 1890 | ||
Taiwan | Tsai Ah-hsin | 1921 | 1925 | ||
Thailand | Pierra Vejjabul | 1936 | 1936 | ||
Turkey | Safiye Ali | 1922 | |||
Vietnam | Henriette Bùi Quang Chiêu | 1934 | |||
Yemen | 1990s[23] |
Europe[]
Oceania[]
Country | Physician | Year graduated medical school |
Year began practice |
---|---|---|---|
Australia | Constance Stone | 1890 | |
Fiji | Jiko Luveni | 1967 | 1967 |
New Zealand | Emily Siedeberg | 1896 | 1905 |
Tuvalu | Nese Ituaso-Conway | 1999 | |
[31] | 1999 |
See also[]
- List of first female pharmacists by country
- List of first women dentists by country
- Women in dentistry
- Women in medicine
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