ferrari ferrari october october argentine educator medical doctor women rights activist female university professor latin_america women allowed teach medicine pioneering researcher women health studying use radiation therapy surgery developing women health care brazil established ward services hospital central provided services country born wealthy family involved ensuring argentina independence spain expected work outside home ferrari chose career insisted participating male dominated medical profession earned teaching diploma school teacher graduated medicine completing residency applied teach university level instead offered teaching post outraged fought years prevented advancing career ferrari won fight granted alternate finally awarded ferrari undertook additional medical study europe united_states learning pioneering techniques brought argentina studied tract monitoring earning diploma given woman designed studied radiation therapy performed section columbia_university responsible bringing innovations argentina implementing unit established ardent feminist established pushed recognition civil political rights women government argentina took conservative turn late 1930s pushed hospital later early 1950s teaching died early life education born october buenos_aires argentina white family founding citizens argentina paternal great grandfather provided money assist defeating spanish maternal great grandfather served army ferrari enrolled receiving teaching certificate woman ferrari social class paid work unusual time understood cases financial necessity poor women nurse teach considered charitable upper class women expected wives mothers ignoring convention embarked career medicine began teaching ferrari taught studied psychology cutting edge field known experimental psychology applied classes caused authorities launch investigation teaching methods allowed continue teaching techniques students encouraging learn proved effective ferrari enrolled medical school continuing teach women history argentina earned medical degrees enrollment desired legal precedent bar year assigned work assistant research inspired continued participation medical research ferrari graduated year married graduating doctor couple child ferrari known simply career struggle university ferrari started work clinic hospital applied teach university turned proceedings honorable june stated despite qualifications psychological reasons people feminine sex meet required conditions engaged professors faculty medicine following year permitted teach lacked prestige credentials university opening alternate appeared ferrari university met resistance members delayed calling fill vacancy altering evidence ignoring recommendations decision sent detailed outline accomplishments committee stating taught secondary schools years dedicated years field medicine enrolled university courses years adviser having read qualifications sent message dean admit grounds qualified shown dedication school met application alternate approved vote thirteen news female university professor latin_america headlines spanish speaking countries newspapers argentina including capital los buenos_aires italian spanish carried stories triumph interim await decision ferrari continued studies visited europe including facilities austria belgium england france germany italy assisted clinic paris washington awarded diploma given woman studies tract monitoring designed easier multiple previous models device significantly improved services available women brazil featured articles rio_de_janeiro innovation won grand prize held spain ferrari particularly interested investigating alternatives surgery studies radiation therapy basis thesis treating radiation appointed argentine governmental delegate child welfare congress geneva major topics conference training labor practices finally approved returned argentina celebration held august jockey club attended minister interior director hospital research mentor colleagues peers family members friends ferrari appointed head buenos_aires post held mid career development ferrari traveled mexico united_states canada studying months attending conferences united_states participated section columbia_university argentine performed surgery baby born result surgery named argentina served argentine delegate held mexico presided general session presented papers addressed delegate 2nd congress panama returned united_states additional studies focused investigating developed prevent development conditions resulting ferrari founded goal improving social legal standing women specifically opening educational doors recruited professional women including doctors lawyers organized scientific cultural discussions regular courses french german physical education mathematics offered nearly members political civic limitations threatened women careers clearly concern organization official statement supported mere political women real right acquired suffering work experienced women argentine organization joined served ferrari inspiration military hospital later career ferrari called assist military wife hospital central unit proposed developed ferrari started facility bed donated equipment supplies military gazette began june year services available hospital military wives aware services growth years ferrari expanded service floors housed unit delivery rooms facility recovery unit beds private rooms developed small sealed room air kind argentina ferrari brought techniques learned abroad argentina performed parts world decades resistance implementing professionals experience ferrari insisted introduced fought previous practice surgical solutions cases advocating surgery absolutely necessary commemoration 10th anniversary unit attended minister war director general health hospital director senior officials children born past years families commission marine wives received service ferrari unit substantial donation despite success atmosphere hospital remained hostile following coup état country shift conservative stance infamous decade ferrari ultimately forced leave hospital ferrari disappointment having leave hospital offset finally professor receiving title 1940s continued education traveling cuba new_york pennsylvania peru puerto_rico publishing research variety journals resigned president continued represent organization conferences like attended years teaching ferrari forced retirement refused participate political contribution fund asked resign position professor psychology join supporters ideals took retirement elected instituted massive overhaul health system argentina appointed health minister beginning hospital beds added programs instituted campaign malaria launched improvements early 1950s clear policies applied implementation erratic political working provision health services need years ferrari resigned resigned disillusioned administration ferrari member correspondent member surgery rio_de_janeiro ferrari died october buenos_aires selected works ferrari works french spanish outlined research scientific topics included following spanish buenos_aires spanish buenos_aires spanish buenos_aires del spanish buenos_aires spanish buenos_aires col par french paris spanish buenos_aires radio spanish buenos_aires spanish buenos_aires los spanish buenos_aires spanish buenos_aires par french paris revue traits success par french radio spanish madrid
María Teresa Ferrari