She was born into a Jewish family. By this time, it was becoming difficult for this community to access higher education. From onwards, the Russian administration imposed a numerus clausus restricting the admission of Jews to universities.
The desire to study led them to emigrate. She was the first woman to hold this position at the University of Lille. Dweira Bernson worked alongside anatomy professor Charles Debierre[3]. She extended special thanks to him in the dedications section of her thesis.
All these specialists were keenly interested in social health, obstetrics and paediatrics, and were probably in favour of women entering the medical profession. Dweira had been staying there for about six months, perhaps for professional reasons. It is notable that she continued to use her birth name. The aim of this association was to combat infant mortality. At that time, newborns were hard hit by athrepsia and gastroenteritis, which were largely responsible for their deaths.
She held other positions at the same time. That same year, she and her husband came to the aid of workers injured in a crane accident on boulevard Victor Hugo, near their home.
She received visitors for two hours, three days a week. Like many doctors during that period, she worked several jobs at the same time, offering consultations in different locations. So when, in September , a large delegation of French and Belgian professors and doctors visited the Saint-Amand thermal baths, she was one of a handful of doctors clearly identified by E. The couple were separated, but not divorced. The press offered its condolences to his widow and children.
