Anna Petronella van Heerden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anna Petronella van Heerden

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1887

Place of Birth: Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1975

Profession: physician, suffragette

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Anna Petronella van Heerden (1887–1975), was the first Afrikaner woman to qualify as a medical doctor.
Her thesis, for which she obtained a doctorate in 1923, was the first medical thesis written in Afrikaans.
She practiced as a gynecologist, retiring in 1942.
She also served in the South African medical corps during World War II.