Josefa Toledo de Aguerri, MD
Dr. Josefa Emilia Toledo Murillo or Josefa Toledo de Aguerri (April 21, 1866 – April 27, 1962) was born in Juigalpa, Nicaugura. She became one of Nicaragua’s most consequential educators and feminist organizers. After earning a scholarship to the secular Colegio de Señoritas in Granada, she graduated with honors and, by her early twenties, was […]
Rebeca Gerschman, PhD
Dr. Rebeca Gerschman (June 19, 1903 – April 4, 1986). Born in 1903, in Carlos Casares, Argentina Dr. Rebeca Gerschman became the first to suggest that the toxicity of oxygen-free radicals led to cell aging and death. After completing her undergraduate studies in Pharmacy and Biochemistry, she continued at the University of Buenos Aires and […]