title: [Three female physicians of the Montpellier faculty at the turn of the 19th century].
abstract: As a part of a study on the census of female students listed in medicine at the faculty of Montpellier since it opened to women in 1868 until the end of the Third Republic, we selected three women who passed their thesis respectively in 1899, 1905 and 1911. Thanks to the documents found in the archives, and the testimony of their descendants, we were able to trace their biography. In obstetrics, surgery and orthopaedics, they were exceptional pioneers and set an example for new vocations.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gilgenkrantz
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000266:history*