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title: "Women in medicine"
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Maria Montessori (1870–1952), renowned educator and one of the first female medical doctors in Italy. Milica Šviglin Čavov (b. unknown, circa 1870s) was the first Croatian female doctor. She graduated from the Medical School in Zürich in 1893, but was not allowed to work in Croatia. Florence Sabin (1871–1953) was the first woman elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. Yoshioka Yayoi (1871–1959), one of the first women to gain a medical degree in Japan; founded a medical school for women in 1900. Hannah Myrick (1871–1973) had helped to introduce the use of X-rays at the New England Hospital for Women and Children. Laura Esther Rodriguez Dulanto (1872–1919) was the first female doctor in Peru upon obtaining her medical degree. Marie Equi (1872–1952) was an American doctor and activist for women's access to birth control and abortion. Fannie Almara Quain (1874–1950) was the first woman born in North Dakota to earn a doctor of medicine degree. Karola Maier Milobar (born 1876) became the first female physician to practice in Croatia in 1906. Bertha De Vriese (1877–1958) was the first Belgian woman to obtain a medical degree from Ghent University. Selma Feldbach (1878–1924) was the first Estonian woman to become a medical doctor. Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo (1879–1947) was the first female medical school graduate in the Dominican Republic. Alice Mary Barry (1880–1955) was a doctor and the first woman nominated fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.