María Elisa Rivera y León de Díaz (born 1887 in Hatillo, 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.[1][2][3] 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.[4]
María Elisa Rivera de Díaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | María Elisa Rivera y León January 20, 1887 |
| Died | March 12, 1981 (aged 94) San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Alma mater | Women's Medical College of Baltimore |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Spouse | José E. Díaz García |
Rivera graduated from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore, and started her medical practice that same year.[1][3][5] She was the first Puerto Rican woman to graduate medical school with the highest honors.[1]
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- ^ a b c "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
- ^ a b "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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