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Matilde Hidalgo

1889 - 1974

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Matilde Hidalgo Navarro de Procel (September 29, 1889, in Loja, Ecuador – February 20, 1974, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) was an Ecuadorian physician, poet, and activist. Hidalgo was the first woman to exercise the right to vote in Latin America, and also the first to receive a Doctorate in Medicine. Hidalgo fought for the recognition of women's rights and is one of the most important women in Ecuadorian history. In 1973 she was paralyzed by a stroke, and she died in Guayaquil on February 20, 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matilde Hidalgo is the 591st most popular physician, the 38th most popular biography from Ecuador and the most popular Ecuadorean Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 591 out of 726Before her are Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, Adelaida Avagyan, Cecilia Grierson, Ellen S. Baker, and Arkady Vorobyov. After her are Joel Roberts Poinsett, Ludwig Traube, Edith Farkas, Edzard Ernst, John Jeffries, and Julieta Lanteri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 233Before her are Carl O. Sauer, Dietrich Kraiss, K. B. Hedgewar, Carl Folcker, Balthasar van der Pol, and Sven Markelius. After her are Menen Asfaw, Suzanne Duchamp, Charles Reidpath, Robert A. Taft, Miguel Mariano Gómez, and Alberto Ohaco. Among people deceased in 1974, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 190Before her are Kostas Varnalis, Gunnar Olsson, Knudåge Riisager, Sverre Hansen, Erskine Hamilton Childers, and Gösta Lilliehöök. After her are Béla Illés, Ferruccio Novo, Jimmy Hogan, Spyridon Marinatos, Bobby Timmons, and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 38 out of 147Before her are José de la Mar (1778), Eugenio Espejo (1747), Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1934), Lucio Gutiérrez (1957), Vicente Ramón Roca (1792), and Fabián Alarcón (1947). After her are Rosalía Arteaga (1956), Isidro Ayora (1879), Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906), Ignacio de Veintemilla (1828), Antonio Flores Jijón (1833), and Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (1919).

Among PHYSICIANS In Ecuador

Among physicians born in Ecuador, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 1