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| first_name = Petronella van | | first_name = Petronella van | ||
| name = Heerden | | name = Heerden | ||
| − | | honorific_prefix = | + | | honorific_prefix = Miss |
| − | | honorific_suffix = | + | | honorific_suffix = MD MRCS LRCP |
| image = File:Heerden,_Petronella_van.jpg | | image = File:Heerden,_Petronella_van.jpg | ||
| − | | birth_date = | + | | birth_date = 1887 |
| − | | death_date = | + | | death_date = 1975 |
| − | | address = 87 Marchmont WC [A63] | + | | address = 87 Marchmont WC [A63]<br />African Life Buildings, St George's Street, Cape Town [1925]<br />c/o National Provincial Bank Ltd., Ebury Street, SW1 [1931]<br />Papenboom, Newlands Avenue, Cape Province, S. Africa [1933]<br />Box 187, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa [1949] |
| − | | occupation = | + | | occupation = medical |
| elected_ESL = | | elected_ESL = | ||
| elected_ASL = | | elected_ASL = | ||
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| left = | | left = | ||
| clubs = | | clubs = | ||
| − | | societies = | + | | societies = Royal College of Physicians<br />Royal College of Surgeons |
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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=== House Notes === | === House Notes === | ||
| − | proposed by A. Keith, seconded by C.G. Seligman | + | 1924.02.19 proposed by A. Keith, seconded by C.G. Seligman |
=== Notes From Elsewhere === | === Notes From Elsewhere === | ||
| − | + | Anna Petronella van Heerden (1887–1975), was the first Afrikaner woman to qualify as a medical doctor. [1] Her thesis, which she obtained a doctorate on in 1923, was the first medical thesis written in Afrikaans.[2] She practiced as a gynecologist, retiring in 1942.[2] She also served in the South African medical corps during World War II.[3]<br /><br />She campaigned for women's suffrage in the 1920s, and worked as a farmer after retiring from her medical work.[4] She also published two autobiographical texts, Kerssnuitsels (Candle Snuffings) and Die sestiende koppie (the Sixteenth Cup).[1] | |
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
=== External Publications === | === External Publications === | ||
| − | + | Kerssnuitsels (Candle Snuffings) <br /><br />Die sestiende koppie (the Sixteenth Cup). | |
=== House Publications === | === House Publications === | ||
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| Miss Petronella van Heerden MD MRCS LRCP | |||||||
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| Born | 1887 | ||||||
| Died | 1975 | ||||||
| Residence |
87 Marchmont WC [A63] African Life Buildings, St George's Street, Cape Town [1925] c/o National Provincial Bank Ltd., Ebury Street, SW1 [1931] Papenboom, Newlands Avenue, Cape Province, S. Africa [1933] Box 187, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa [1949] | ||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
1924.02.19 proposed by A. Keith, seconded by C.G. Seligman
Notes From Elsewhere
Anna Petronella van Heerden (1887–1975), was the first Afrikaner woman to qualify as a medical doctor. [1] Her thesis, which she obtained a doctorate on in 1923, was the first medical thesis written in Afrikaans.[2] She practiced as a gynecologist, retiring in 1942.[2] She also served in the South African medical corps during World War II.[3]
She campaigned for women's suffrage in the 1920s, and worked as a farmer after retiring from her medical work.[4] She also published two autobiographical texts, Kerssnuitsels (Candle Snuffings) and Die sestiende koppie (the Sixteenth Cup).[1]
Publications
External Publications
Kerssnuitsels (Candle Snuffings)
Die sestiende koppie (the Sixteenth Cup).
