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Dorothea Leporin Erxleben

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Dorothea Christiane Leporin Erxleben (1715-1762) was the first female medical doctor in Germany[1]. Inspired by the Italian scientist Laura Bassi's university professorship, she published a tract arguing that women should be allowed to attend university in 1742 and received her M.D. from the University of Halle in 1754[2].

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  1. ^ Schiebinger, L. (1990): "The Anatomy of Difference: Race and Sex in Eighteenth-Century Science" pp.399, Eighteenth Century Studies 23(3) pp.387-405
  2. ^ Offen, K. (2000): European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History (Stanford University Press) pp.43

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