Matilde Hidalgo
Ecuadorian physician and poet
Matilde Navarro Hidalgo de Procel 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. Wikipedia
Born: September 29, 1889, Loja, Ecuador
Died: February 20, 1974 (age 84 years), Guayaquil, Ecuador
Education: Universidad Central del Ecuador (1921), Universidad de Cuenca (1919), and Colegio Bernardo Valdivieso (1913)
Parents: Carmen Navarro del Castillo and Juan Manuel Hidalgo Pauta
Descendants: Gonzalo Procel and Fernando Procel
Spouse: Fernando Procel (m. 1923–1973)
Nationality: Ecuadorian