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The Extraordinary Life and Tragic Death of Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo - La Doctora | 1

2025/3/13
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Evangelina Rodríguez fue la primera mujer en graduarse de la escuela de medicina en la República Dominicana, enfrentando el escepticismo y los prejuicios de su tiempo.
  • Evangelina Rodríguez fue la primera mujer en graduarse de la escuela de medicina en la República Dominicana.
  • Enfrentó escepticismo y prejuicios debido a su género y orígenes humildes.
  • Su logro fue considerado increíble en su tiempo.

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In the late 1890s, Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo, known as Evangelina, was just another poor girl trying to survive in the provincial town of San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic. Her life took an extraordinary turn when two brothers, both poets and writers, arrived from the capital. They noticed something special about the young girl who lived nearby. With their help, Evangelina went to school and, against overwhelming odds, decided to become a doctor. She was the first woman to enter medical school in the Dominican Republic, and when she graduated in 1911 she became the country's first female doctor. But just as she was about to start her career an unexpected tragedy changed the course of her life.

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