WOMEN DOCTORS IN PARIS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7386, 12 February 1902, Page 2

WOMEN DOCTORS IN PARIS.

PREDOMINANCE OF THE

JEWESS.

It is a curious fact that the majority of lady doctors practising in Paris are Russian Jewesses, just are the greater number of the women medical students. At a rough calculation, there are 300 ladies pursuing medical studies at the various schools, and working side by side with the men students.

The reason of -the invasion of the Jewess is, of course, the disabilities that exist in Russia for those of the faith of Israel — disabilities that are hardly lessened in Germany. Moreover, there exists only one university for women in Russia, and that is in St. Petersburg. Some of the women who graduate in medicine- do extremely well, afterwards, in praotioe. One Jewess, who is greatly in vogue in the highest society in Paris, is reputed to make 60,000 franca (£2400) a year. The lady doctor, who is also a Russian subject, has likewise found a fiald for her energies in China, where Russian influence is so dominant at the present moment. It may be worth noting that the only lady barrister other than Mile. Obauvin — Mme. Petit — is also Russian. She has married a Frenchman.

The French newspapers always show the greatest interest in the progress of women. This was amusingly exemplified in the case of the American lady architect, Mies Julia Morgan, who was reported to have carried away honours from the Ecole dcs Beaux Arts. The lively imagination of the writers pictured Miss Morgan running up ladders and scampering over soaffolding, no doubt in a costume suited to the requirements of

the profession, but, of course, all this is the merest fiction. To begin with, Miss Morgan, as she stated herself, has net finished her studies, though she has gained some successes, and her work in practice, like that of other women architects in Amerioa, will be largely confined to the office and the preparation of plans. Miss Morgan has been annoyed and embarrassed by the popular interest of which Bhe has been the object here.