De eerste vrouwelijke chirurgen in Nederland

The first woman surgeons in the Netherlands This article describes the position of woman surgeons in the Netherlands. In 1913 the first woman. Heleen Robert, was accepted as member of the Dutch Society of Surgery. Three others, Jeanne Knoop, Frieda van Hasselt and Rosalie Wijnberg, followed during the next ten years. The nomination of Rosalie Wijnberg caused a turbulent discussion as she was working as a gynaecologist and not as a surgeon. One can wonder about this argument as other members were gynaecologists too. It seems that the male attitudes towards women were changing as more women ente... Mehr ...