Anna Honzáková was the first female doctor to graduate from the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, which she did on March 17, 1902.
Education
She was also the third Czechoslovakian woman to earn a doctor"s certificate, although the first two, Bohuslava Kecková (graduated 1880 from the University of Zurich) and Anna Bayerová (graduated 1881 from the University of Bern), had done so at Swiss universities rather than Czechoslovakian ones, and had had to practice abroad as their doctorates were not recognized by their homeland.
Career
Honzáková was at first allowed only to go to lectures, not examinations, at medical school, but this changed after five years, when she was allowed to take exams for all she had been studying. Therefore, Honzáková worked in an open private gynecological surgery in the street of Moráni in Prague for thirty-five years, until her death. She was also the school doctor for Minerva Grammar School.
She wrote a biography of Anna Bayerová, as well as a publication on how to protect children from tuberculosis with Klementina Hanušová.
She also created a fund to support sick and poor women. A commemorative plaque was unveiled at the house in Moráni where she practiced.
However, it wrongly lists the date of her graduation as 18 March rather than 17 March.