Matilde Hidalgo de Procel

Matilde Hidalgo Navarro (Known as "Matilde Hidalgo")

Physician, Suffragist, First Woman to Vote in Latin America (1924), Poet

Born 1889-09-29

Loja, Ecuador

Passed Away 1974-02-20 Guayaquil, Ecuador

Lifespan 84 years old

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"A woman does not demand privileges; she demands the sacred right to heal her country and vote as a citizen."

Archival Overview

Trailblazing feminist hero and physician who in 1921 became Ecuador's first female medical doctor, and in 1924 became the first woman to vote in a national election in Latin American history.

Biographical Record

Matilde Hidalgo Navarro was born in Loja on September 29, 1889. Refusing to accept conservative societal bans against female education, she fought to enter high school, graduating as Ecuador's first female bachelor.

Graduating with highest honors from the Central University of Ecuador as the nation's first female doctor in 1921, she shocked the continent on June 9, 1924: demanding her legal right to register to vote in Machala. When officials hesitated, the Council of State ruled in her favor, making Ecuador the first country in Latin America to grant female suffrage.

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Final Resting Place

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General Cemetery of Guayaquil (Cementerio General)
Guayaquil, Ecuador

                         GPS: -2.1830, -79.8890                    

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