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Scientific American2d
Long after Her Tragic Death, We Follow in the Footsteps of the Dominican Republic’s First Female Doctor
The regime of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo all but erased Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo’s legacy after she died.
Scientific American9d
Pioneering Female Doctor Evangelina Rodríguez Faced a Dictator’s Reign of Terror
Beginning in the 1930s, the work—and eventually the life—of Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo, the Dominican Republic’s ...
Smithsonian Magazine13d
The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades
Encouraged by these doctors, she applied to medical school. Crumpler enrolled in 1860. “At the time, the New England Female Medical College had about 21 other women studying to become physicians ...