Maria Kovrigina
Maria Kovrigina | |
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Мария Ковригина | |
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| All-Union Minister of Health | |
| In office 1 March 1954 – 12 January 1959 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Bulganin Georgy Malenkov |
| Preceded by | Andrey Tretyakov |
| Succeeded by | Sergei Kurashov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maria Dmitrievna Kovrigina 6 July 1910 Kamyshlovsky Uyezd,Perm Governorate,Russian Empire |
| Died | March 12, 1995(aged 84) Moscow,Russian Federation |
| Resting place | Kuntsevo Cemetery |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party |
Maria Dmitrievna Kovrigina(Russian: Мария Дмитриевна Ковригина; 6 July 1910 – 12 March 1995) was a Russian physician who served as the minister of health between 1953 and 1959 and was the first woman appointed to head a ministry at the All-Union level.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Kovrigina was born inUralsin 1910 into a Russian family.[2][3]In 1924 she joined the localKomsomoland became its secretary after three years.[2]
In 1931 Kovrigina graduated from the worker's school.[3]She obtained a degree in medicine.[2]During her studies she joined theCommunist Party.[3]
Career[edit]
Following her graduation Kovrigina began to work inChelyabinskand then was made the chief of staff of the regional department of health and education there.[2]In September 1942 she was named the deputy minister of health,[2][3]In this capacity she was responsible for the policies about the mother-child health.[3]In 1950, she was appointed the minister of health which she held until 1957.[4]When she was in office she managed to pass a law which lifted the prohibition of abortion in 1955.[5]Then Kovrigina served as the director of the department of pathology at the Moscow Central Postgraduate Medical School.[6]
Party career and views[edit]
Kovrigina was a member of thecentral committee of the Communist Party.[6]She was also part of the Soviet Women’s Anti-Fascist Committee which was established in 1941 to support the gender equality project in the Soviet Union.[5]
Personal life and death[edit]
Kovrigina died in Moscow in 1995.[2]
Awards[edit]
Kovrigina was awarded a medal for her activities in thesiege of LeningradduringWorld War II.[2]
References[edit]
- ^[1]
- ^abcdefgGeorgy Manaev (21 November 2020)."5 prolific women politicians in the USSR".Russia Beyond.Retrieved18 March2022.
- ^abcdeA. Lurie (14 January 1949)."Deputy health minister of USSR is woman physician".USSR Information Bulletin.IX(1): 151.
- ^Christopher Burton (December 2005). "Soviet Medical Attestation and the Problem of Professionalisation under Late Stalinism, 1945-1953".Europe-Asia Studies.57(8): 1221.doi:10.1080/09668130500351423.S2CID155035057.
- ^abSasha Talaver (3 August 2020)."When Soviet Women Won the Right to Abortion (For the Second Time)".Jacobin.Retrieved18 March2022.
- ^abVladimir Bychkov (15 January 2013)."My Road to Freedom".HIAS.Retrieved18 March2022.[permanent dead link]
External links[edit]
Media related toMaria Kovriginaat Wikimedia Commons
| International | |
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| National | |
- 20th-century Russian women politicians
- 1910 births
- 1995 deaths
- Ministers of health of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 20th-century Russian physicians
- 20th-century Russian women physicians