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Faina Wengeroff was one of the very first women to enter medical school when St. Petersburg College (St. Petersburg, Russia) opened its doors to women in the 1870s. She and her husband, Leonid Ludwig Slonimsky, converted from Judaism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity to avoid discrimination.
1857 |
1857
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Konotop, Russia (Ukraine)
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1881 |
May 24, 1881
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Saint Petersburg, Russia (Russian Federation)
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1887 |
September 19, 1887
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Saint Petersburg, gorod Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Russian Federation)
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1887
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Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
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1890 |
1890
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Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
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1892 |
1892
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Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
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1894 |
April 27, 1894
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Санкт-Петербург, Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation
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1895 |
September 10, 1895
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Saint Petersburg, gorod Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Russian Federation)
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1897 |
July 20, 1897
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Санкт-Петербург, Российская Империя
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