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Petrona Eyle

Argentine doctor (1866–1945)

PersonDied aged 79humanQ7179015

Born: January 18, 1866
Died: April 12, 1945
Birthplace: Baradero
Place of death: Buenos Aires
Citizenship: Argentina
Occupation: physician
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Petrona Eyle was an Argentine physician and feminist who campaigned for Latin American women's rights. She studied medicine at the University of Zurich, where she wrote her thesis on ear deformities, and in 1893 became the second woman to practice medicine in Argentina after Cecilia Grierson.

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Given name: Petrona
Sex or gender: female
Family name: Eyle
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