Paulina Luisi - Overview

Overview

Paulina Luisi was born in Argentina in 1875. Her mother, Maria Teresa Josefina Janicki was of Polish descent and her father, Angel Luisi was believed to have come from an Italian ancestry. Paulina Luisi was the first Uruguayan woman to receive a bachelor’s degree in 1899 and later the first female physician and surgeon that graduated from the Medicine School of the Universidad de la República (University of Uruguay, 1908). She was not only a physician but also a teacher and the primary editor of the magazine Acción Femenina. Throughout her career she held various positions and achieved more than any woman in her country had ever strived for.