Matilde Hidalgo De Procél was an exemplary woman, intelligent, extraordinary, talented and determined to fight for her dreams.
First woman to vote in America
Matilde is an activist Ecuadorian woman who fought to achieve her dream of being a doctor, she finished school but wanted to continue with her studies for this reason her brother decided to help her sister, thus achieving Matilde to continue her studies, then she went to the university of Cuenca to study medicine and thus have her doctor's degree, which was rejected by people since it was rare for a woman to be a doctor but she knew how to overcome these obstacles. She became the first woman to exercise her right to vote in Latin America, Matilde read the Ecuadorian constitution and as there was no impediment for being a woman in the requirements to be able to vote, she decided, she went to the voting table and exercised her right without fear and much decision.
Matilde is a great example for all women in Ecuador and Latin America, since she was the first to sow a difference so that women can cast the vote.
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I will fight until I show that women are worthy of being doctorsiriure in hendrerit in vulputate. |
- First woman to vote in all of Latin America.
- First woman to obtain a medical doctorate.
- First woman elected to public office.
- Struggle for the participation of women in politics.
"The duty of women"
(poem)
It is necessary to break
between envy and meanness
and mocking storms
dedicate yourself to studying.
Finally Matilde Hidaldo de Procel died on February 20, 1974 in the city of Guayaquil after achieving a series of activities to ensure equality between men and women.
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| Smart, friendly, dreamy and a hard worker for her dream and for her rights. |
