Franziska Tiburtius

[1] Born on Rügen Island in Pomerania, Tiburtius was the youngest of nine children and daughter to tenant farmers.

Refused entry to German medical programs, Tiburtius studied medicine in Zurich, passing her examinations with distinction in 1876.

That year she also completed an internship as a doctor of internal medicine with the gynaecologist and obstetrician, Franz von Winckel in Dresden.

In 1877, Tiburtius established a women's clinic with her fellow student Emilie Lehmus (1841-1932) in Berlin-Mitte at Schönhauser Straße 23/24.

In collaboration with Helene Lange and Minna Cauer, Tiburtius helped establish a two-year continuing education program, or Realschule, in Berlin.