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

Notes

  1. ↑ Evans Clements, Barbara (2012). A History of Women in Russia: From Earliest Times to the Present. Indiana University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780253000972.
  2. ↑ Clyman, Toby W.; Vowles, Judith (1999). Russia Through Women's Eyes: Autobiographies from Tsarist Russia. Yale University Press. pp. 158–185. ISBN 9780300067545.
  3. ↑ Alpern Engel, Barbara (2004). Women in Russia. Cambridge. p. 75. ISBN 9780521003186.
  4. ↑ Greeley, Ronald; Batson, Raymond (2001-11-29). The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521806336.


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