THE FIRST FEMALE PHYSICIANS OF JEWISH ORIGIN GRADUATING FROM PRAGUE UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS
Abstract
Given the extent and state of surviving source materials, it is rather difficult to satisfactorily document the involvement of women of Jewish origin in academic education and their subsequent careers in science and practice relevant to the qualification they had achieved. This study therefore focuses on particular cases from the Bohemian Lands related mainly to medical studies and medical practice.
We also include some examples of Jewish women with degrees in natural sciences and philosophy. Given that, save for a handful of exceptions, intellectuals of Jewish origin studied at the German University in Prague, this contribution to some extent also reflects the environment of the German University, especially in the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Some of the differences between the situation at the Czech and German university in Prague are then highlighted by comparisons.