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Vilma Hugonnai
Countess Vilma Hugonnai de Szentgyörgy (30 September 1847 in Nagytétény, Hungary (today part of Budapest) – 25 March 1922 in Budapest) was the first Hungarian woman medical doctor.[1][2] LifeCountess Vilma Hugonnai was the fifth child of Count Kálmán Hugonnai and Riza Pánczély. She studied Medicine in Zürich and received her degree in 1879.[3] When Vilma returned to Hungary she could not begin her career as a physician as the Hungarian administration refused to recognize her qualifications because of her gender. She worked as a midwife until 1897, when the Hungarian authorities accepted her degree and she could start her own medical practice.[3] The first woman to qualify in Hungary was Sarolta Steinberger in 1900.[4] Neither of them was allowed to practice without a male doctor's supervision until 1913.[3] HonorsAsteroid 287693 Hugonnaivilma, discovered by Hungarian astronomers Krisztián Sárneczky and Brigitta Sipőcz at Piszkéstető Station in 2003, was named in her memory.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 29 August 2015 (M.P.C. 95312).[5] References
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