 Madeleine Brès

Madeleine Alexandrine Brès (born on 26 November 1842 at Bouillarges – 30 November 1921 in Montrouge ), born Gebelin, was the first French woman to obtain a medical degree in 1875 after her thesis presentation on the topic of breastfeeding and towards a career focused to pediatric care.Born Madeleine Alexandrine Gebelin, she told in the "Medical Chronicle" on 1 April 1895 that her interest in medicine started in her early childhood