Draga Ljočić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Draga Ljočić

Serbian feminist and physician

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1855

Place of Birth: Šabac, Mačva District, Serbia

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1926

Profession: physician, suffragist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Draga Ljocic-Miloševic (1855–1926), was a Serbian physician, socialist, and feminist.
She was the first Serbian woman to be accepted at the university of Zürich in Switzerland in 1872.
During the war between Serbia and the Ottoman Empire, she worked as a medical assistant in the army and received the grade of a Lieutenant.
In 1879, she graduated and thereby became the first Serbian female doctor in medicine.
She was permitted to practice in Serbia in 1881.
She was also a leading figure within the newly founded Serbian women's rights movement.