Madeleine Brès

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What Wikipedia says

Madeleine Alexandrine Brès (née Gebelin; 26 November 1842 – 30 November 1921) was a French pediatrician and the first French woman to obtain a medical degree. In 1875, she defended her thesis on breastfeeding. As a result, she was the first French woman to become a doctor of medicine.

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