Eloísa Díaz

Eloísa Díaz Inzunza (Spanish pronunciation: [elo.ˈisa ˈði.aθ]; 25 June 1866 – 1 November 1950) was a Chilean medical doctor.

She was the first female medical student to attend the University of Chile, and the first woman to become a doctor of medicine in South America.

[2] As a philanthropist, Díaz founded several kindergartens, polyclinics for the poor, and school camps.

[citation needed] In 1910, Díaz participated in the Hygiene and Medicine International Scientific Congress in Buenos Aires, where she was named "Illustrious Woman of America".

In 1950, she was taken ill and admitted to the San Vicente de Paúl Hospital, where she died at the age of 84.