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The Rebel Doctor Returns | 3
Evangelina got a warm welcome on her return from Paris and went straight to work, introducing her new ideas about healthcare for women and children. …
1 year ago
A Dominican in Paris | 2
Devastated by the death of her mentor following childbirth, Evangelina decided to devote her life to women’s health. It took a decade to raise the mo…
1 year ago
Una dominicana en París | 2
Devastada por la muerte de su mentora, ocurrida tras un parto, Evangelina decidió dedicar su vida a la salud de la mujer. Tardó una década en reunir …
1 year ago
La doctora | 1
A finales de la década de 1890, Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo era una de las tantas niñas pobres luchando por sobrevivir en la ciudad de San Ped…
1 year ago
La Doctora | 1
In the late 1890s, Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo, known as Evangelina, was just another poor girl trying to survive in the provincial town of Sa…
1 year ago
La Extraordinaria Vida y Trágica Muerte de Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo
En la década de 1880, una pequeña niña Afro-Dominicana pasaba sus días vendiendo dulces en las calles de San Pedro de Macorís, una bulliciosa ciudad …
1 year ago
The Extraordinary Life and Tragic Death of Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo
In the 1880s, a small Afro-Dominican girl spent her days selling sweets on the streets of San Pedro de Macorís, a bustling port town in the Dominican…
1 year ago
Lost Women of Science Conversations: Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See’s novel Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is inspired by a medical textbook published in 1511 by an eminent female doctor, Tan Yunxian. In this ep…
1 year, 1 month ago
Who Discovered the Cause of Down Syndrome ? Episode Two
In 1960 Marthe Gautier left the lab where she had discovered the genetic cause of Down syndrome, and went on to have a successful career as a pediatr…
1 year, 1 month ago
Who Discovered the Cause of Down Syndrome? Episode One
In the mid-1950s Marthe Gautier, a young French doctor and cytogenetics researcher, led a cutting-edge experiment to investigate the cause of Down sy…
1 year, 1 month ago