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Sofia Okunevska
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first woman who graduated university and became a doctor in Austria-Hungary, the first Ukrainian female doctor
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1865-05-12 ) May 12, 1865, Dovzhanka , Galicia , Austrian Empire
- Died
- February 24, 1926 (1926-02-24) (aged 60), Lviv
- Resting place
- Lychakiv Cemetery
- Other name
- Sofia Morachevsky
- Education
- Doctor of Medicine
- Alma mater
- University of Zurich
- Known for
- First female physician in Austria-Hungary.
- Spouse
- Vatslav Morachevsky
- Fields
- Medicine , Oncology , Obstetrics
- Thesis
- [on blood changes under the influence of anemia] (1896)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sophia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Second Polish Republic
- Place of birth
- Dovzhanka
- Place of death
- Lviv
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- University of Zurich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Field of work
- medicine
- Image
- Окуневська Софія.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1865-05-12
- date of death
- 1926-02-24
- place of burial
- Lychakiv Cemetery
- Commons category
- Sofia Okunevska-Morachevska
- cause of death
- appendicitis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Софія Атанасівна Окуневська-Морачевська
- birth name
- Софія Атанасівна Окуневська
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Encyclopedic overview
Sofia Okunevska (Ukrainian: Софія Окуневська, German: Sofia Okunewska; 12 May 1865 – 24 February 1926) was a Ukrainian physician, educator, feminist, and scholar. She was the first woman in Galicia to receive a gymnasium diploma and obtain a university education, and also the first female Doctor of Medicine and the first female physician in Austria-Hungary. She pioneered the use of radiation therapy for combating cancer in Galicia and Austria-Hungary. She organized courses for nursing sisters and midwives, co-sponsored the establishment of the first medical trade union, and compiled a dictionary of Ukrainian medical terminology. In addition to practicing medicine in Lviv, she also worked in Switzerland, Czechia, and in the Austrian camps during World War I.
Okunevska was a public activist and an important figure of the feminist movement in Galicia and Austria-Hungary. She also ventured into other fields of study, such as literature and various scientific studies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sofia Okunevska” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.