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| María Elisa Rivera de Díaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | María Elisa Rivera y León January 20, 1887 Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
| Died | March 12, 1981 (1981-03-13) (aged 94) San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Alma mater | Women's Medical College of Baltimore |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Spouse | José E. Díaz García |
María Elisa Rivera y León de Díaz (born 1887 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico) was one of the first four women from Puerto Rico to earn a medical degree; the other three were Ana Janer in 1909, Palmira Gatell in 1910, and Dolores Piñero in 1913. Ana Janer and Rivera graduated in the same medical school class in 1909 and thus could both be considered the first female Puerto Rican physician.
Rivera graduated from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore, and started her medical practice that same year. She was the first Puerto Rican woman to graduate medical school with the highest honors.
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References
- ^ "La mujer puertorriqueña en el siglo XX". Monografias.com. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
- Women's Military Memorial Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "LA MUJER EN LAS PROFESIONES DE SALUD (1898–1930); By: YAMILA AZIZE VARGAS1 and LUIS ALBERTO AVILES; PRHSJ Vol, 9 No. 1
- http://prhsj.rcm.upr.edu/index.php/prhsj/article/viewFile/715/558
- Lapan, Tovin (2013-10-14). "Somos Primos". Somos Primos. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
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