Talk:Dorothea Erxleben

Inaccuracies, omissions and OR
"For nearly 150 years, German medical history did not see another woman." OMG!...what an admission of patriarchal historiography and patriarchal WP editing, Wikipedia bias or at least editorial oversight... Flagged unsourced as original research... Wuerzele (talk) 13:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Not her father, but she herself petitioned the King to study medicine.- Replaced unsourced inaccuracy by sourced fact.--Wuerzele (talk) 14:06, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

She didnt decide to postpone her university studies- she never entered because she took care of the kids of her cousin!--Wuerzele (talk) 14:19, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

"She spent the rest of her life practicing medicine in her hometown of Quedlinburg", yes merely 8 years. But importantly, prior editors glossed over the fact that she died of a female cancer...- edited and corrected unsourced.--Wuerzele (talk) 14:27, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

In line with patrilineality on Wikipedia, her mothers name is ommitted- corrected.--Wuerzele (talk) 14:43, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Reception of her work (section legacy) needs expansion to include the 20th century, which isnt as glorious as is suggested- her work was not known in West Germany and (male) authors judged without even bothering to read her dissertation.--Wuerzele (talk) 15:20, 19 April 2024 (UTC)