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Madeleine Brès

French medic
Madeleine Alexandrine Brès, born Gebelin, was a French pediatrician and the first French woman to earn a medical degree in 1875, with a thesis on breastfeeding. Wikipedia
Born: November 25, 1842, Bouillargues, France
Died: November 30, 1921 (age 79 years), Montrouge, France
Education: University of Paris (1869–1875)