Virginia Pereira Álvarez

Virginia Pereira Álvarez (1888-12 April 1947) was the first Venezuelan woman to enroll in the medicine course in Venezuela.[1]

Virginia Pereira Álvarez
Born1888
Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar state, Venezuela
Died12 April 1947
Known forFirst Venezuelan woman to study medicine in Venezuela

Career

Pereira Álvarez was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar state, on 1888, and was a normalist teacher that graduated in 1903.[2] She started her medicine studies in the Central University of Venezuela in 1911, emigrating to the United States in 1912. She established herself in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, obtaining her title in 1920. She returned to Venezuela in 1921, being part of the team that along with doctor Arnoldo Gabaldón started researching the possible cures of paludism. She died on 12 April 1947 in Philadelphia because of uncontrolled hypertension and heart complications. Her remains lie in Fernwood Cemetery.[3]

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References
  1. "La incorporación de la mujer a la Ciencia en Venezuela - Marginadas de la historia". www.ivic.gob.ve. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  2. "Una pionera de la medicina moderna venezolana". fuegocotidiano.blogspot.com.
  3. "Lya Imber de Coronil, la primera médica venezolana". www.radiojai.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2018-02-17.


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