Elosa Daz Insunza , was the first female medical student to attend the University of Chile, and the first woman to become a doctor of medicine in Chile as well as the entire continent of South America.
Daz was born in Santiago, Chile. Her parents were Eulogio Daz Varas and Carmela Insunza. She completed her requisite studies at Dolores Cabrera Martnezs school, Isabel Le Brun de Pinochets school and at Instituto Nacional.
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