Maria Cutzarida-Crătunescu (1857-1919)
First woman physician in Romania. She studied medicine in Zurich. In 1884, she became doctor in medicine, specialized in gynecology. She got involved in feminist activities.
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Paulina Cruceanu (1865-1921)
The first women pharmacist in Romania. She studied Medicine in Bucharest.
Gabriela Chaborski (1891-1936)
Studied chemistry in Bucharest and got her Ph.D. in chemistry in 1919 in Geneva. She returned to Romania and became associate professor at the University of Bucharest.
Ana Aslan (1897-1988)
Studied Medicine in Bucharest. Got her PhD in Medicine in 1924. Physician in several hospitals of Bucharest. Professor at the University of Medicine in Timișoara. Pioneer of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Invented vitamin H3 used in anti-aging therapies.
Elena Văcărescu (1864-1947)
Writer, translator. She studied in Paris where she published her first volum of poetry, Chants d’Aurore. Exiled for being romantically involved with the crown prince Ferdinand, she lived in Paris. She was member of the Romanian delegation to the Peace Conference in Paris in 1919.
Cella Serghi (1907-1992)
Writer and translator. She studied law at the University of Bucharest, became a lawyer but dedicated herself to writing.
Izabela Sadoveanu (1870-1941)
Writer, translator, feminist. She studied in Geneva (1912-1915). After returning in Romania she published extensively.
Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876-1955)
One of the most appreciated and well-known woman writer of Romania.
Stéphanie Alice Călugăru-Stănescu (1886-1933)
Poet. She published a volum of poetry entitled Viorele in 1905. After marrying the journlist L.C. E. Muller, she moved to France. She travelled to USA and Europe and she described her travels in her novel, La tunique verte published in 1924.
Ana Elisabeta Brâncoveanu, Countess Anna de Noailles (1876-1933)
Poet, writer, activist of human rights and women rights. She organized a literary salon in Paris where she received André Gide, Paul Valéry, Jean Cocteau, Colette, Paul Claudel, Marcel Proust as well as Eduard of Walles, future king Eduard VII. She published poems Litanies (1889),