Eloísa Díaz InsunzaStudents:Priscila BecerraEstela MoraJosefa Poblete

Eloísa Díaz Insunza

• She was the first female student of medicine at the University of Chile and the first Chilean female doctor.

• Born: Santiago, Chile, on June 25th 1866

• Death: November 1 st, 1950 (84 years old)

• She was the daughter of Eulogio Diaz Varas and Carmela Insunza.

School of first letters

directed by Dolores Martinez Cabrera

1877Liceo Isabel

Le Braun Pinochet

1880- 1881† Bachiller

exams† Medical

School at the University of Chile

1886Degree of

Bachelor of Medicine and

Pharmacy

1887Title of

Doctor in medicine

and surgery

1886• She collaborated in the medical

journal.

1888

• She was the only woman enrolled in the first Chilean medical congress

• She was a doctor and professor of hygiene at the Normal School of preceptors South

• Founded several kindergartens, polyclinics and school camps.

1910• Promotes the mandatory school

breakfast, free dental care services, mass vaccination

Contributions

Recognitions† She was the best student in

Medical Clinic and Obstetrics.† Her memory was published in The

Annals of the University of Chile and in the Medical Journal of Chile.

† The scientific congress nominated her Illustrious woman of America.

Interesting fact (arreglar)† To achieve this she must

overcome the social prejudices of this time, the resistance of the teachers and attend to classes accompanied with her mother.

† To understand what the degree of Eloisa Diaz it should be noted that throughout the nineties , only ten women achieved this distinction.

She retired from her professonal activities

Eloisa Díaz Insunza, died at 84 years old in the Hospital of St. Vicent de Paul from Santiago

Last Years1925

1950

CONCLUSIÓN