Marija Bergman Kon

The first Bosnian woman to be awarded a doctorate (Ph.D.). Bergman was born in Blažuj near Sarajevo and graduated from the Mostar Gymnasium in 1912. She attained her doctorate in Germanics from the University of Vienna in 1916 before returning to Bosnia & Herzegovina. She taught at gymnasiums in Mostar, Cetinje and Sarajevo. She helped set up the German language and literature department at the University of Sarajevo. The younger sister of Berta Bergman.