Ružica Drechsler-Bižić

The first Bosnian born female archeologist and curator. She specialised in prehistoric archeology (Bronze and Iron Ages), necropolises and the culture of the pre-Slavonic peoples in Lika, the Iapods. She was born in Bosanska Dubica and graduated in 1950 at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. Until 1952 she worked at the National Museum in Sarajevo, then at the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. Her work paved the way for other females in archeology.