Peseshet
Peseshet, who lived under the Fourth Dynasty (albeit a date in the Fifth Dynasty is also possible), is often credited with being the earliest known female physician in ancient Egypt (another one, Merit-Ptah, is likely a fictional creation). Her relevant title was "lady overseer of the female physicians," but whether she was a physician herself is uncertain. She also had the titles "king's acquaintance", and "overseer of funerary-priests of the king's mother".

She is believed to have had a son Akhethetep, in whose mastaba at Giza her personal false door was found. However, the mother-son relation of Akhethetep and Peseshet is not confirmed by any inscription. On the false door is also depicted a man called Kanefer. He might be her husband. Akhethetep and Kanefer were both high-ranking individuals who lived during the fourth dynasty of Egypt and served as officers.

She may have graduated midwives at an ancient Egyptian medical school in Sais.
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