Vera Gedroits was born on 19 April 1870 and was the first one to raise the voice in Russia related to hygiene and nutritious food. She belonged to the Lithuanian royal dynasty and studied medicine in Switzerland and became a doctor. After this, she returned back to her country and started her career in a factory hospital.

Apart from being a surgeon and professor, she is an excellent poet and writer. She wrote her biography in 1931 titled ‘Life’. She died in 1932 at the age of 56 in Kiev.