Angeliki Panagiotatou (Greek: Αγγελική Παναγιωτάτου; 1875 or 1878 – 1954)[1] was a Greek physician and microbiologist.[2] She was the first woman physician in modern Greece to have graduated from a University in Greece (predecessor Maria Kalapothakes having qualified abroad).[3]
Angeliki Panagiotatou | |
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| Born | 1875 or 1878 Greece |
| Died | 1954 |
| Occupation(s) | physician and microbiologist |
| Employer(s) | Athens University, Cairo University |
Life edit
Born in Greece, Panagiotatou and her sister Alexandra were the first two female students to be accepted in the medical school at Athens University in 1893, after having proved that there were not formal law banning women from attending university in Greece.[4] In 1897, she became he first woman to graduate from the Medical School in Athens.[5]
After she completed further studies in Germany, she returned to Athens University as a lecturer: she was the first woman lecturer in the Laboratory of Hygiene at the Medical School of Athens.[6]
The students protested[7] and refused to attend her classes because she was a woman, so she was forced to resign. She moved to Egypt, where she became a professor in microbiology at Cairo University specializing in tropical diseases and director of the Alexandria general hospital. In 1938, she returned to Greece and was named a professor at the Athens University medical school.[8] She became the first Deputy Professor of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Greece, in 1947 an honorary Professor at the Medical School of Athens and in 1950 she became the first female member of the Academy of Athens.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Panagiotatou, Angeliki (1878–1954)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research. 2002. Archived from the original on 2017-02-13.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Dorothy, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 977–78. ISBN 041592040X.
- ^ Geropeppa, Maria; Altis, Dimitris; Dedes, Nikos; Karamanou, Marianna: The First Women Physicians in the History of Modern Greek Medicine, Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica . 2019, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p55-64. 10p.
- ^ Geropeppa, Maria; Altis, Dimitris; Dedes, Nikos; Karamanou, Marianna: The First Women Physicians in the History of Modern Greek Medicine, Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica . 2019, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p55-64. 10p.
- ^ Geropeppa, Maria; Altis, Dimitris; Dedes, Nikos; Karamanou, Marianna: The First Women Physicians in the History of Modern Greek Medicine, Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica . 2019, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p55-64. 10p.
- ^ Geropeppa, Maria; Altis, Dimitris; Dedes, Nikos; Karamanou, Marianna: The First Women Physicians in the History of Modern Greek Medicine, Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica . 2019, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p55-64. 10p.
- ^ Uglow, Jennifer S; Hendry, Maggy (1999). The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography. pp. 415–16. ISBN 155553421X.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 1032. ISBN 1135963428.
- ^ Geropeppa, Maria; Altis, Dimitris; Dedes, Nikos; Karamanou, Marianna: The First Women Physicians in the History of Modern Greek Medicine, Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica . 2019, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p55-64. 10p.