Maria Dauerer (1624-1688) was a

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pharmacist (

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). She was the first known woman apothecary in Sweden. She was the daughter of the city councillor of

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Timon van Schoting and Clara du Rées, and married in 1646 to the apothecary Georg Christian Daurer (1618-1664), who in the same year acquired the pharmacy ''Markattan'' in

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. During the last years of her husband's life she managed the pharmacy as he was bedridden and ill, and upon his death she inherited the pharmacy and work license in accordance with existing guild regulations. She managed the pharmacy until 1682, when she retired in favor of her son-in-law Jakob Leonard Allmacher (1652–1724).Levertin Alfred, Schimmelpfennig Carl Fredrik Vilhelm, Ahlberg Karl, red (1910-1918). Sveriges apotekarhistoria från konung Gustaf I:s till närvarande tid. Bd 1, Stockholms stad, Stockholms län, Uppsala län, Södermanlands län, Östergötlands län, Jönköpings län, Kronobergs län. Stockholm: Ernst Westerbergs boktr. In the 17th century, the only women pharmacists where widows who inherited their license from their late husbands. This privilege was abolished in 1873, after which all pharmacists were to be formally trained as such, an education which was opened for women in 1891, the first graduate being

Märtha Leth Märtha Leth (1877–1953) was a Swedish pharmacist and the first woman in Sweden to graduate as a pharmacist, which she did from the Pharmaceutic Institute in Stockholm in 1897.Idun 29 januari 1897: Martha Leth. Sveriges första kvinnliga farmac ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dauerer, Maria 1624 births 1688 deaths 17th-century Swedish women Swedish pharmacists Apothecaries Women pharmacists 17th-century Swedish businesspeople