Anna Petronella van Heerden South African Doctor
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| Birthday |
26th April, 1887
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| Birthplace |
Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa
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| Died |
1975
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| Place of Death |
Cape Town
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
South African
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| Occupation |
Doctor
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Anna Petronella van Heerden (1887–1975), was the first Afrikaner woman to qualify as a medical doctor. Her thesis, for which she obtained a doctorate in 1923, was the first medical thesis written in Afrikaans. She practiced as a gynecologist, retiring in 1942. She also served in the South African medical corps during World War II.
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