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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 610th most popular physician (down from 591st in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Ecuadorean Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 610 out of 726. Before her are Serenus Sammonicus, Homa Darabi, Ludwik Rajchman, Gisela Januszewska, Türkan Saylan, and John Jeffries. After her are Cecilia Grierson, Concepción Aleixandre, Emil Holub, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Mustafa Barghouti, and Edzard Ernst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 235. Before her are Hugo Wieslander, Francis Spellman, Sven Markelius, Efrem Zimbalist, Nina Agadzhanova, and Hjalmar Andersson. After her are Alberto Ohaco, Anna Kéthly, Otakar Vindyš, Suzanne Duchamp, Virgilio Mantegazza, and Thomas Hart Benton. Among people deceased in 1974, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 195. Before her are Francis Blanche, Luis Marín, José Vidal, Margit Slachta, Nina Agadzhanova, and Edward Platt. After her are Jacqueline Susann, Gerhard Lamprecht, Juan Antonio Ipiña, María Martínez Sierra, Knudåge Riisager, and Þórbergur Þórðarson.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 35 out of 147. Before her are José de la Mar (1778), Juan Montalvo (1832), Osvaldo Hurtado (1939), Antonio Valencia (1985), Eugenio Espejo (1747), and Enner Valencia (1989). After her are Byron Moreno (1969), Vicente Ramón Roca (1792), Pancho Segura (1921), Isidro Ayora (1879), Lucio Gutiérrez (1957), and Rosalía Arteaga (1956).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Ecuador

Among physicians born in Ecuador, Matilde Hidalgo ranks 1. 

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