Anna Petronella van Heerden

Anna Petronella van Heerden (1887–1975), was the first Afrikaner woman to qualify as a medical doctor. [1] Her thesis, which she obtained a doctorate on in 1923, was the first medical thesis written in Afrikaans.[2] She practiced as a gynecologist, retiring in 1942.[2] She also served in the South African medical corps during World War II.[3]

She campaigned for women's suffrage in the 1920s, and worked as a farmer after retiring from her medical work.[4] She also published two autobiographical texts, Kerssnuitsels (Candle Snuffings) and Die sestiende koppie (the Sixteenth Cup).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nationalism, gender and sexuality in the autobiographical writing of two Afrikaner women". Scholar.sun.ac.za. doi:10.1080/02533950802280063. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  2. 1 2 Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo. HSRC Press. 2000. pp. 206–. ISBN 978-0-7969-1966-3.
  3. ↑ Jean van der Poel (5 April 2007). Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume VII, August 1945-October 1950. Cambridge University Press. pp. 446–. ISBN 978-0-521-03370-1.
  4. ↑ "Nationalism, gender and sexuality in the autobiographical writing of two Afrikaner women [Petronella van Heerden, Elsa Joubert] | Louise Viljoen". Academia.edu. 1970-01-01. doi:10.1080/02533950802280063. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
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