1855 - 1921
Tota Venkova
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Details
| Birthday |
30th November, 1854
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| Birthplace |
Gabrovo, Ottoman Bulgaria
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| Died |
1921
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| Place of Death |
Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria
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| Occupation Text |
Teacher, physician
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| Year(s) Active |
1873–1921
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Teodora Venkova Chehlarova (Bulgarian: Теодора Венкова Чехларова; 1855 – 23 December 1921), known as Tota Venkova (Bulgarian: Тота Венкова), was a Bulgarian teacher and physician. She is widely credited as the first native woman to become a medical doctor in Bulgaria. Orphaned at a young age, she was raised by her sister and given a scholarship by a charitable foundation to attend school, on the condition that she teach for five years after graduating. From 1873 to 1878 she taught at the Main Girls' School in Gabrovo. During the Russo-Turkish War, all of the schools in her hometown were turned into military hospitals and she worked as a volunteer nurse, deciding she wanted to study medicine.
