Sofia Okunevska

Sofia Okunevska (Ukr. Софія Окуневська-Морачевська, Ger. Dr.in Sofia Okunewska-Moraczewska, 12 May 1865, Dovzhanka, Ternopil region, Austrian Empire – 24 February 1926, Lviv, Poland (today Ukraine)), was a Ukrainian physician and feminist.

Dr. Sofia Okunevska-Moraczewska

In 1896, she became the first woman who graduated from university and became a doctor in Austria-Hungary, the first Ukrainian female doctor. Okunevska was a public activist and an important figure in feminist movement in Galicia and Austria-Hungary.[1][2]

She also debuted in literature – in the first women's almanac "First Wreath" she published a story about urban life "Sand. Sand! ", as well as work "Family bondage in songs and wedding ceremonies". Last years she spent in Lviv, where she led a small medical practice. Okunevska died at the hospital for purulent appendicitis. Buried on Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.

Sofia was born on May 12, 1865, in the village of Dovzhanka, near Ternopil.[3]

References
  1. "ОКУНЕВСЬКА-МОРАЧЕВСЬКА Софія" [Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine Vol. 7: Okunevsky-Morachevsky Sofia]. Ukrainian History Organization (in Ukrainian). Kiev, Ukraine: НАН України, Інститут історії України ( National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of History of Ukraine). 2010. p. 728. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. Кіцера, О.Ом.; Кіцера, О.Ол.; Кіцера, Н.І. (2011). "Софія Атанасівна Окуневська-Морачевська – перша жінка-лікар Буковини і Галичини (1865–1926)" [Sofia Atanasivna Okunevsky Morachevsky - First Woman Doctor of Bukovina and Galicia (1865-1926)] (PDF). журнала "Жіночий лікар" (Woman Doctor Magazine) (in Ukrainian). Kiev, Ukraine (1): 48–49. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. "Софія Окуневська-Морачевська: перша жінка-лікар Австро-Угорщини - ilvivyanyn.com". 21 September 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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