Angeliki Panajiotatou

Angeliki Panajiotatou (1875 – 1954) was a Greek physician and microbiologist.^[1]

Born in Greece, Panajiotatou and her sister were the first two female students to be accepted in the medical school at Athens University. After she completed further studies in Germany, she returned to Athens University as a lecturer. The students protested^[2] and refused to attend her classes because she was a woman, so she was forced to resign. She moved to Egypt, where she became a professor in microbiology at Cairo University specializing in tropical diseases and director of the Alexandria general hospital. In 1938, she returned to Greece and was named a professor at the Athens University medical school.^[3]

References

1. Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Dorothy, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. pp. 977–78. ISBN 041592040X.
2. Uglow, Jennifer S; Hendry, Maggy (1999). The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography. pp. 415–16. ISBN 155553421X.
3. Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. p. 1032. ISBN 1135963428.