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Gulsum Asfendiyarova Quotes

1880–1937 Kazakhstan

Gulsum Asfendiyarova (12 November 1880 – 1937) was the first Kazakh woman to earn a medical degree.

Kazakhstan
Physicians

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The proposal to work in the never-before-seen Khiva women's hospital is a sign of great trust for me. If I, by the blessing of the Hadra [:honorific] Khan, go to Khiva to become a medic, and I'll try to work in favor of my native Muslim people, and try to justify the trust given upon me to by Hadra Khan and his pure-hearted people.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gulsum Asfendiyarova (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.