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Sofia Okunevska | |
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Софія Окуневська | |
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| Born | May 12, 1865 Dovzhanka, Galicia, Austrian Empire |
| Died | February 24, 1926 (aged 60) Lviv |
| Resting place | Lychakiv Cemetery |
| Other names | Sofia Morachevsky[1] |
| Education | Doctor of Medicine |
| Alma mater | University of Zurich |
| Known for | First female physician in Austria-Hungary. |
| Spouse | Vatslav Morachevsky[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine Oncology Obstetrics |
| Thesis | [on blood changes under the influence of anemia] (1896) |
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,[2] and also the first female Doctor of Medicine and the first female physician in Austria-Hungary.[2][3][1] She pioneered the use of radiation therapy for combating cancer in Galicia and Austria-Hungary.[4] 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.[5] She also ventured into other fields of study, such as literature and various scientific studies.[a]
She spent the last years of her life in Lviv, where she led a small medical practice. Sofia Okunevska died in a hospital of purulent appendicitis and was buried in the Lychakiv Cemetery.
- ^ a b c "1865 – народилася Софія Окуневська-Морачевська, перша жінка-лікар в Австро-Угорщині". УІНП (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
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:02was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Кіцера, О.Ом.; Кіцера, О.Ол.; Кіцера, Н.І. (2011). "Софія Атанасівна Окуневська-Морачевська – перша жінка-лікар Буковини і Галичини (1865–1926)" [Sofia Atanasivna Okunevsky Morachevsky - First Woman Doctor of Bukovina and Galicia (1865-1926)] (PDF). журнала "Жіночий лікар" (Woman Doctor Magazine) (in Ukrainian) (1). Kiev, Ukraine: 48–49. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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