SUSLOVA
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Nadezhda Prokofyevna Suslova (1843-1918) was a prominent social activist and the first female physician in Russia. She studied medicine in Zurich after being denied access to higher education in Russia and later played a significant role in the development of higher medical education for women.
Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)
SUSLOVA Nadezhda Prokofyevna (1843-1918), prominent social activist, first female physician in Russia. Daughter of a serf who served in the estate management of the Sheremetevs, S. was admitted as an external student to the Military Medical-Surgical Academy in the early 1860s. In 1864, when by government decree women's access to higher medical education was closed, S. went abroad to Zurich, where she completed the medical faculty course in 1867. In Zurich, she met the Swiss physician F. F. Erismann, married him, and in 1869 they both returned to Russia (F. F. Erismann - later professor and foremost Russian hygienist). As the first female physician, S. had a great influence on the development of higher medical education for women, while at the same time being a social activist. She was under police surveillance for connections with revolutionary organizations of the 1860s and 1870s. S. was close to the famous circles of the sixtiers, depicted by Chernyshevsky in his famous novel 'What Is To Be Done' (Sechenov, Bokov, Kovalevsky and others). S. is also known as a writer (her memoirs 'From the Recent Past' were published in the journal 'European Messenger', 1900, No. 6).
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“SUSLOVA.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/suslova/