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'''Gabriele Possanner''' (1860–1940) was the first female doctor to practice medicine in [[Austria]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Buffalo Medical Journal|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KFNYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA910|year=1896|pages=910–}}</ref> She was the daughter of the Austrian jurist Benjamin Possanner, and lived in six different cities until the age of twenty due to him moving often for his work.<ref name="deutschlandmed.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.deutschlandmed.de/deutsch/medizingeschichte/frauen/vonehrenthal.html|title=Gabriele Possanner von Ehrenthal|date=20 August 2013|publisher=}}</ref> In October 1880 he was appointed as Section Chief at the Imperial Treasury in Vienna, and the family, including Gabriele, was able to settle in Vienna.<ref name="deutschlandmed.de"/> |
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As a doctor Gabriele initially worked as a public medical officer in [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]], where Muslim women refused to be seen by male doctors.<ref name="geocaching">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RXAA_vienna-science-quest-7-frauen-in-wissenschaft?guid=858d28b1-1db4-4bd9-8e64-724f621afa40|title=GC4RXAA Vienna Science Quest 7 - Frauen in Wissenschaft (Multi-cache) in Wien, Austria created by OpenScience|author=Geocaching|work=Geocaching.com}}</ref> She had been given a medical degree by the [[University of Zurich]] in 1894, but it was not until 1897 that she was able to take the ''viva voce'' examination a second time, this time in front of Viennese examiners, thus qualifying her to practice as a doctor in Austria.<ref name="univie.ac.at">{{cite web|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/archiv/tour/15.htm|title=Women Students|publisher=}}</ref> She thus became the first woman to graduate from the [[University of Vienna]] with a medical degree in 1897.<ref name="univie.ac.at"/> After that she was the only female doctor at an Austrian-Hungarian hospital until 1903.<ref name="geocaching"/> |
As a doctor Gabriele initially worked as a public medical officer in [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]], where Muslim women refused to be seen by male doctors.<ref name="geocaching">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RXAA_vienna-science-quest-7-frauen-in-wissenschaft?guid=858d28b1-1db4-4bd9-8e64-724f621afa40|title=GC4RXAA Vienna Science Quest 7 - Frauen in Wissenschaft (Multi-cache) in Wien, Austria created by OpenScience|author=Geocaching|work=Geocaching.com}}</ref> She had been given a medical degree by the [[University of Zurich]] in 1894, but it was not until 1897 that she was able to take the ''viva voce'' examination a second time, this time in front of Viennese examiners, thus qualifying her to practice as a doctor in Austria.<ref name="univie.ac.at">{{cite web|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/archiv/tour/15.htm|title=Women Students|publisher=}}</ref> She thus became the first woman to graduate from the [[University of Vienna]] with a medical degree in 1897.<ref name="univie.ac.at"/> After that she was the only female doctor at an Austrian-Hungarian hospital until 1903.<ref name="geocaching"/> |
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Revision as of 00:53, 1 October 2016
Gabriele Possanner (1860–1940) was the first female doctor to practice medicine in Austria.[1] She was the daughter of the Austrian jurist Benjamin Possanner, and lived in six different cities until the age of twenty due to him moving often for his work.[2] In October 1880 he was appointed as Section Chief at the Imperial Treasury in Vienna, and the family, including Gabriele, was able to settle in Vienna.[2]
As a doctor Gabriele initially worked as a public medical officer in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Muslim women refused to be seen by male doctors.[3] She had been given a medical degree by the University of Zurich in 1894, but it was not until 1897 that she was able to take the viva voce examination a second time, this time in front of Viennese examiners, thus qualifying her to practice as a doctor in Austria.[4] She thus became the first woman to graduate from the University of Vienna with a medical degree in 1897.[4] After that she was the only female doctor at an Austrian-Hungarian hospital until 1903.[3]
Legacy
In 1960 the Possannergasse in Hietzing was named after Gabriele.[3] In 2004 the Gabriele-Possanner-Park in the 9th Viennese district was named after her as well.[3] There is also the Gabriele Possanner Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in the 21st Viennese district.[3]
The Gabriele Possanner State Prize (German: Gabriele-Possanner-Staatspreis) is a state award for feminist research in Austria, named for Gabriele. It was established in 1997, and is awarded every second year by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research.[5]
Further reading
- Possanner von Ehrenthal Gabriele Freiin, by M. Jantsch, in "Austrian Biographical Encyclopedia 1815-1950" (OBL). Volume 8, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2, pg. 222.
References
- ^ Buffalo Medical Journal. 1896. pp. 910–.
- ^ a b "Gabriele Possanner von Ehrenthal". 20 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Geocaching. "GC4RXAA Vienna Science Quest 7 - Frauen in Wissenschaft (Multi-cache) in Wien, Austria created by OpenScience". Geocaching.com.
- ^ a b "Women Students".
- ^ "BMWFW".
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