Oktavia Aigner-Rollett
Oktavia Aigner-Rollett (née Oktavia Auguste-Rollett; 23 May 1877, Graz — 22 May 1959, Ibid.) was an Austrian physician. She was one of the first women to receive a doctorate from the University of Graz, and was the first female doctor to work at the General Hospital. Life Oktavia Rollett was born on 23 May 1877 in Graz, Styria. She was the eldest daughter of the famous physiologist Alexander Rollett, and sister of the publicist Edwin Rollett. She was the first woman to graduate from Graz in 1900 as an external student at the First State High School in Graz (today's Akademisches Gymnasium). Her father Alexander Rollett, who was the rector of the University of Graz, however, was reluctant to allow her to study at the university. On December 9, 1905, she was given a doctorate in medicine in the auditorium of the new university. Prior her, only Maria Schuhmeister, who was born in Vienna, had completed a degree in medicine from Graz. In 1906 Oktavia Rollett was assigned to the Graz regional hospital as an unpaid assistant doctor. Oktavia Rollett was the first doctor at the General Hospital in Graz () to work as an unpaid assistant doctor. Then (in