María Elisa Rivera Díaz

María Elisa Rivera 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.[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]

María Elisa Rivera Díaz
Born1887
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Alma materWomen's Medical College of Baltimore
OccupationDoctor

Díaz 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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References
  1. "La mujer puertorriqueña en el siglo XX". Monografias.com. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  2. Women's Military Memorial Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "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.


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