Margarita Chorné y Salazar, the First Woman in Latin America with a University Degree
Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Martha Diaz de Kuri | ISBN: | 9781310159381 |
| Publisher: | DEMAC A.C. | Publication: | March 24, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martha Diaz de Kuri |
| ISBN: | 9781310159381 |
| Publisher: | DEMAC A.C. |
| Publication: | March 24, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Martha Diaz de Kuri rescues the biography of Margarita Chorné y Salazar, the first woman in Latin America to get a university diploma. Chorné was ahead of her time. She was the second of 5 bother born to Dentist Agustín Chorné and Paz Salazar in 1864. Following her father's and older brother's steps, she acquired a passion for dentistry (called odontology in those times). After passing her final exam she obtained her dentistry surgeon degree, becoming the first woman in Latin America to posses a degree. She married at 40 and had a son that later made her grandmother with tow daughters. When was always surrounded by the support and care of her loved ones and died at 98 years of age.
Martha Diaz de Kuri rescues the biography of Margarita Chorné y Salazar, the first woman in Latin America to get a university diploma. Chorné was ahead of her time. She was the second of 5 bother born to Dentist Agustín Chorné and Paz Salazar in 1864. Following her father's and older brother's steps, she acquired a passion for dentistry (called odontology in those times). After passing her final exam she obtained her dentistry surgeon degree, becoming the first woman in Latin America to posses a degree. She married at 40 and had a son that later made her grandmother with tow daughters. When was always surrounded by the support and care of her loved ones and died at 98 years of age.
