Gisella Perl
Perl was born December 10, 1907, in the town of Sighetu Marmaţiei in Romania (called Transylvania at the time).  At age 16, she graduated first in her high school class; she was the only woman and the only Jew in the class.  She wanted to be a doctor, but at first her father would not let her.  Later she told the New York Times: