Marie Nageotte-Wilbouchewitch
1864–1941 (age 77)
Biography
Marie Nageotte-Wilbouchewitch was a pioneering pediatrician whose medical career advanced the care and treatment of children in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century France. Based in the Montparnasse area of Paris, she brought dedication and innovation to her medical practice.
As a woman in medicine during a period when few women practiced as physicians, Nageotte-Wilbouchewitch's career represented both personal achievement and progress in expanding opportunities for women in the medical profession.