TIL Dorothea Erxleben was the first female medical doctor in Germany in 1700s (often listed as first in Europe) She received a special permission to study medicine from Frederick the Great. She authored a protofeminist work ”A Thorough Inquiry into the Causes Preventing the Female Sex from Studying”

TIL Dorothea Erxleben was the first female medical doctor in Germany in 1700s (often listed as first in Europe) She received a special permission to study medicine from Frederick the Great. She authored a protofeminist work ”A Thorough Inquiry into the Causes Preventing the Female Sex from Studying”