Background

Kashevarova-Rudneva Varvara Aleksandrovna (was born with the family name Nafanova) was born in 1842 in Vitebsk, the Republic of Belarus.

Education

Her exam was thereby unique in Russia at the time and received much attention. Despite the ban against women studying at University, she was given a special dispensation to study for her willingness to treat women patients who refused to be treated by male doctors because of religious reasons.

Career

Varvara Kashevarova-Rudneva worked in the clinic S.P. Botkina (St. Petersburg). She lived on the Noly Yar farm acquired by her near the settlement of Aleksandrovka, Valuisky district (1881-1889), and provided medical assistance to local residents. Rural impressions are reflected in the "Village Notes" (News, 1889, 19, November 26).

In 1889-1891 she was engaged in private practice in St. Petersburg, since 1891 - in the city of Staraya Russa.

Wrote the autobiographical novel "Pioneer" (News, 1886, 15, September 22). The author of works on gynecology, including the book "The hygiene of the female body in all phases of life" (Kharkov, 1884).

Achievements

• The first woman who received the title of doctor and the degree of doctor of medicine in Russia.

References

• A History of Women in Russia: From Earliest Times to the Present
  2012
• Russia Through Women's Eyes: Autobiographies from Tsarist Russia Nineteenth-century Russia has been known to the West mainly through the writings of men. Russian women, however, were far from silent and have left testimony about their families, their education, their careers and their country. This collection presents the lives of 11 Russian women as told in their own words. These autobiographies span the century and cover a wide range of classes and professions.
  1996
• Women in Russia, 1700-2000
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