Sarolta Steinberger

Sarolta Steinberger (12 September 1875 – 24 November 1965) was one of the first women to qualify as a physician in Hungary.

Life Steinberger was born in Tiszaújlak, Austria-Hungary (today Vylok, Ukraine) in 1875 to affluent Jewish parents. She attended private schools, and later she was educated in Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania). In 1900, the Sunday News reported that Steinberger had qualified as a doctor. She was the first woman to achieve this qualification in Hungary. Vilma Hugonnai, who was a Hungarian countess, had qualified as a doctor in Zürich around 1879. but was only allowed to practise as a physician in Hungary in 1897.

After she qualified as a doctor, she first studied gynecology abroad for two years. When she returned to practise in Hungary she joined the Feminist Guild. Steinberger lectured

Steinberger was the director of the National Social Insurance Institute until 1944 when the laws against Jews working prevented her from continuing her profession.

Steinberger retired and died in Pesthidegkút near Budapest in 1965.