Dorothea Erxleben
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Dorothea Christiane Erxleben née Leporin (born November 13, 1715 in Quedlinburg, died June 13, 1762 in Quedlinburg) was the first female medical doctor in Germany[1].
Erxleben was instructed in medicine by her father from an early age[2]. The Italian scientist Laura Bassi's university professorship inspired Erxleben to fight for her right to practise medicine, and in 1742 she published a tract arguing that women should be allowed to attend university[3]. After being admitted to study by a dispensation of Frederick the Great[4], Erxleben received her M.D. from the University of Halle in 1754[5]. She went on to analyse the obstacles preventing women from studying, among them housekeeping and family[6].
[edit] References
- ^ Schiebinger, L. (1990): "The Anatomy of Difference: Race and Sex in Eighteenth-Century Science" p. 399, Eighteenth Century Studies 23(3) pp. 387-405
- ^ Sutherland, M. (1985): Women Who Teach in Universities (Trentham Books) p. 118
- ^ Offen, K. (2000): European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History (Stanford University Press) p. 43
- ^ Sutherland, M. (1985): Women Who Teach in Universities (Trentham Books) p. 118
- ^ Offen, K. (2000): European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History (Stanford University Press) p. 43
- ^ Sutherland, M. (1985): Women Who Teach in Universities (Trentham Books) p. 118
[edit] External links
- Works by or about Dorothea Erxleben in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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