Marie Spångberg Holth

Marie Spångberg Holth (23 November 1865 – 23 November 1942) was the first woman to graduate in medicine in Norway, which occurred in 1893, when she graduated from the Royal Frederiks University of Christiania.[1][2][3] She was the daughter of a poor watchmaker's widow.[4] Eventually she married ophthalmologist Søren Holth and had five daughters, but two of them died at age one, and after that she gave up her practice.[5] However, she continued to work in the Healthcare Commission until 1920, when she had to stop for health reasons.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lege mot alle odds" (in Norwegian Bokmål). forskning.no. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
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  3. ↑ "[To study medicine-a threat to women's health?]. - PubMed - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  4. ↑ "[To study medicine-a threat to women's health?]. - PubMed - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
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