Anna Petronella van Heerden
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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]
