María Elisa Rivera Díaz

María Elisa Rivera Díaz (born 1887 in Arecibo) 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 Díaz graduated in the same medical school class in 1909 and thus could both be considered the first female Puerto Rican physician.[4]

Díaz graduated from the Women's Medical College in 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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "La mujer puertorriqueña en el siglo XX". Monografias.com. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  2. ↑ Women's Military Memorial
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "LA MUJER EN LAS PROFESIONES DE SALUD (1898-1930); By: YAMILA AZIZE VARGAS1 and LUIS ALBERTO AVILES; PRHSJ Vol, 9 No. 1
  4. ↑ http://prhsj.rcm.upr.edu/index.php/prhsj/article/viewFile/715/558
  5. ↑ Lapan, Tovin (2013-10-14). "Somos Primos". Somos Primos. Retrieved 2015-03-22.