Draginja Draga Ljočić
1855–1926
| Spouse | Raša Milošević |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | February 22, 1855 |
| Date of death | November 05, 1926 |
Personal situation
Draga Ljočić was born in Šabac in 1855. In 1883, she married Raša Milošević, with whom she had five children.
| Place of birth | Šabac |
|---|---|
| Place of death | Beograd |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| First language(s) | Serbian |
| Marital status | Married |
| Number of children | 5 |
| Name(s) of children | Spomena, Đura, Radmila, Zora, Olga |
| Gender of children | M (1) F (4) |
| Education | University education |
Professional situation
She attended the Higher School for Girls in Belgrade and completed her studies of medicine in Zurich in 1879. As a student of medicine, with the rank of medical lieutenant, she participated with Dr. Maria Zibold in the Serbian-Turkish wars, and later, as a doctor, she participated in the Balkan Wars and World War I. She was the first woman doctor in Serbia, and in addition to private practice, she worked in the State Monopoly. She was the founder and first president of the Maternity Association in Belgrade and helped build the "Dr. Elsie Inglis" Hospital.
She translated Maria Manaseina's book entitled O vospitanii deteй v pervыe godы žizni (On Education of Children in the First Years of Life) from Russian.
Sources:
"Odlikovane žene lekari učesnice ratova za oslobođenje Srbije od 1876. do 1878. i od 1912. do 1918. godine", Vojnosanitetski pregled, Beograd, 2013, 70 (9), str. 891-892.
"Ljočić Milošević, Draga", Popov, Čedomir, ur., Srpski biografski rečnik, k. 5, Novi Sad: Matica srpska, 2011.
Translated by Marija Bulatović
| Profession(s) and other activities | contributor to periodical press, translator, and doctor |
|---|---|
| Language(s) in which she wrote | Serbian |
Works by this author
Reception
Reception during lifetime
- Govor-pozdrav g-đe Jelene N. Markovićke (1925)
- Pozdravni govor g-đe Zorke Vlajić, predsednice Materinskog udruženja (1925)
- Pozdravni govor g-đe Mile Simić, potpredsednice Narodnog ženskog saveza (1925)
- Pozdravni govor g-đe Leposave Petković, predsednice Ženskog pokreta (1925)
- Proslava sedamdesetogodišnjice g-đe Dr. Drage Ljočić (1925)
Reception after death
- D-r Draga Ljočić-Milošević (1926)
- Naša žena u književnom stvaranju (1941)
Authors read by this author
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