"One day he told us about a couple, a white couple. The husband was a veterinary surgeon and the wife was a medical doctor. And I really wanted to be that doctor. There was a flame in my heart that I wanted to be a female doctor. And from there, I was just aiming at working towards being a medical doctor. And in Form 1, when the teachers asked what we wanted to do after school, most people said teachers, clerks, police officers, governors, secretaries. Then when it was my turn, I said I wanted to be a medical doctor. And they all laughed. Especially the boys said, what? Because there were no female doctors, only black ones. And my headmaster then said, yes, Madeline, you can become a doctor"
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Madeline Nyamwanza-Makonese
Madeline Nyamwanza-makonese is the first Zimbabwean female doctor, the second African woman to become a doctor, and the first African woman to graduate from the University of Rhodesia Medical School. She graduated from the University of Rhodesia Medical School in 1970. Madeline's success is significant and was a huge step forward for women in Zimbabwe, where women are considered culturally unequal to men.
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