A STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ODESA HIGHER WOMEN'S MEDICAL COURSES IN 1908–1910

Based on archival documents, the article reproduces the process of establishing Odesa’s first medical higher education institution for women, Odesa Higher Women’s Medical Courses. The presented information allows us to learn about the organizational stages of creating courses in 1908–1910: elections of the Pedagogical Council and changes in its staff, approval of course regulations, search for financial resources, purchase of a building and arrangement of educational premises, obtaining permission to use city hospitals, and discussion of quotas for persons of the Jewish faith. Highlighting a specific example of the general development of women’s education, the article represents facts that enrich local and biographical studies devoted to the history of education in Odesa and personalities in medical science. New information from the founds No 42 “Office of the Curator of the Odesa educational district” and No 62 “Odesa Higher Women’s Medical Courses” of the State Archives of the Odesa region was placed into scientific circulation, allowing us to trace the process of establishing an educational institution for women.