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A Dominican in Paris | 2

2025/3/20
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Evangelina Rodriguez-Peroso, the first Dominican woman to graduate from medical school, embarks on a journey to Paris to further her medical studies. Her journey begins with a personal tragedy and a strong desire to improve women's healthcare.
  • Evangelina was motivated by the death of her mentor, Anacaona Moscoso, to focus on women's health.
  • She faced financial challenges and societal biases as a woman from a poor background entering the medical field.
  • Evangelina took on multiple jobs to fund her future studies in Paris.

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Devastated by the death of her mentor following childbirth, Evangelina decided to devote her life to women’s health. It took a decade to raise the money to go to Paris, which was then the mecca of medical training, but she never gave up. At the age of 42 she boarded a steamship to France. Amidst the post-war scene of France's Roaring Twenties, she studied obstetrics and gynecology with leading specialists and started to absorb modern ideas about public health. Her goal: to return home and revolutionize Dominican healthcare.

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