Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck (1879-1969)
Romanian painter, sculptor. She studied in Munich and Paris. She was the first woman to do frescos and university professor.
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Agatha Bârsescu (1857-1939)
Actress. Studied in Bucharest and Vienna. Debuted at Burgtheatr in Vienna. She returned to Romania in 1925 and taught at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory.
Tamara Nina Arbore (1889-1942)
Painter, she studied in Munich and Paris (with Henri Matisse). She was member of the Romanian avant-garde. Exhibitions abroad in New York, Munich, Barcelona, Rome.
Marta Trancu-Rainer (1875-1950)
First woman surgeon. She studied medicine in Iasi. She performed a medical operation to Queen Maria during the First World War.
Maria Teohari (1885-1975)
First Romanian woman astro-physicist. She studied in Bucharest and specialised in Paris and Nice.
Alice Săvulescu (1905-1970)
Botanist. Studied in Bucharest and got her Ph.D. in microbiology at Columbia University in 1934. She worked at the Institute of the Agronomic research. Later she became a member of the Romanian Academy (in 1963).
Elena Pușcariu-Densusianu (1875-1966)
Physician. First woman professor of ophtalmology in a Romanian univeristy. She studied in Iasi and became a practician in Paris. She got her Ph.D. in medicine in Iasi in 1899.
Constanța Pompilian-Zossima (1870-1936)
Mathematician. Studied in Bucharest and Sorbonne. She co-founded the journal Gazeta matematică. She founded in 1896 the Institute Pompilian, a high school for woman.
Ștefania Mărăcineanu (1882-1944)
She studied physics at the University of Bucharest. She attended the classes given by Marie Curie at the Institute of Radium of Paris. She got involved in the research of artificial radioactivity. She returned to Romania and worked at the University of Bucharest. She created
Eliza Leonida Zamfirescu (1887-1973)
She studied in Berlin at Royal Technical Academy and became the first woman engineer in Romania.