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She was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador and she was one of nine children. Her father was a journalist who founded ''Diario del Pueblo'' in 1923.<ref name=":1" />
She was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador and she was one of nine children. Her father was a journalist who founded ''Diario del Pueblo'' in 1923.<ref name=":1" />


After graduating from UES in 1948,<ref name=":0" /> Adela Cabezas traveled to the United States to specialize in paediatrics and nutrition in about 1949.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FftIAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22adela+cabezas%22&pg=RA32-PA10 |title=Division |publisher=United States Department of State International Press and Publications. Air Bulletin. |year=1949}}</ref> In the early 1950s, she worked on a project concerning [[Goitre|goiter]] which was endemic in Central American schoolchildren. She was the Chief of Nutrition Service at the National Ministry of Health of El Salvador.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clearinghouse for Research in Child Life (U.S.) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UjLVAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22adela+cabezas%22&pg=PA90 |title=Research Relating to Children: an inventory of studies in progress |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1954 |page=90 |language=en |via= |agency=U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. |department=Social Security Administration. Children's Bureau.}}</ref>
After graduating from UES in 1948,<ref name=":0" /> Adela Cabezas traveled to the United States to specialize in paediatrics and nutrition in about 1949.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FftIAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22adela+cabezas%22&pg=RA32-PA10 |title=Division |publisher=United States Department of State International Press and Publications. Air Bulletin. |year=1949}}</ref> In the early 1950s, she worked on a project concerning [[Goitre|goiter]] which was endemic in Central American schoolchildren. She was the Chief of Nutrition Service at the National Ministry of Health of El Salvador.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clearinghouse for Research in Child Life (U.S.) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UjLVAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22adela+cabezas%22&pg=PA90 |title=Research Relating to Children: an inventory of studies in progress |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1954 |page=90 |language=en |via= |department=Social Security Administration. Children's Bureau.}}</ref>


She served as Chief of the [[Salvadoran Red Cross]] Medical Services in the late 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historia del Centro de Sangre |trans-title=History of the Blood Center {{!}} Salvadoran Red Cross |url=https://cruzrojasal.org.sv/historia-del-centro-de-sangre/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023004932/https://cruzrojasal.org.sv/historia-del-centro-de-sangre/ |archive-date=2019-10-23 |access-date=2020-06-20 |website=Cruz Roja Salvadoreña |language=es}}</ref> She was a member of the Asociación de Mujeres Universitarias (Association of University Women of El Salvador).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Quienes Somos – AMUS |trans-title=Who we are {{!}} Association of University Women of El Salvador |url=https://www.asociaciondemujeresuniversitarias.com/quienes-somos/ |access-date=2020-06-20 |website=Asociación de Mujeres Universitarias |language=es}}</ref> She was rector of the [[Francisco Gavidia University]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chacón |first=Godofredo Calderón |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9ZDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22adela+cabezas%22 |title=Monografía de la República de El Salvador |date=1986 |publisher=Impresos Prisma |language=es |trans-title=Monograph of the Republic of El Salvador}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=United States Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARSrgLEp2aYC&q=%22adela+cabezas%22&pg=PA220|title=Presidential Certification on El Salvador: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1982}}</ref> She was part of the [[Ateneo de El Salvador]] since 1975.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoUyAAAAYAAJ&q=%22adela+cabezas%22|title=Ateneo: revista del Ateneo de El Salvador|date=1974|publisher=El Ateneo|language=es}}</ref> In 1999, she was declared "Doctor of the Year 'Dr. Gustavo Adolfo López'".<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2015 |title=Revista Mundo Médico Salvadoreño |url=https://issuu.com/2herrerosstudio/docs/revista_web |access-date=2020-06-20 |website=Issuu |language=en}}</ref>
She served as Chief of the [[Salvadoran Red Cross]] Medical Services in the late 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historia del Centro de Sangre |trans-title=History of the Blood Center {{!}} Salvadoran Red Cross |url=https://cruzrojasal.org.sv/historia-del-centro-de-sangre/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023004932/https://cruzrojasal.org.sv/historia-del-centro-de-sangre/ |archive-date=2019-10-23 |access-date=2020-06-20 |website=Cruz Roja Salvadoreña |language=es}}</ref> She was a member of the Asociación de Mujeres Universitarias (Association of University Women of El Salvador).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Quienes Somos – AMUS |trans-title=Who we are {{!}} Association of University Women of El Salvador |url=https://www.asociaciondemujeresuniversitarias.com/quienes-somos/ |access-date=2020-06-20 |website=Asociación de Mujeres Universitarias |language=es}}</ref> She was rector of the [[Francisco Gavidia University]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chacón |first=Godofredo Calderón |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9ZDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22adela+cabezas%22 |title=Monografía de la República de El Salvador |date=1986 |publisher=Impresos Prisma |language=es |trans-title=Monograph of the Republic of El Salvador}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=United States Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARSrgLEp2aYC&q=%22adela+cabezas%22&pg=PA220|title=Presidential Certification on El Salvador: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1982}}</ref> She was part of the [[Ateneo de El Salvador]] since 1975.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoUyAAAAYAAJ&q=%22adela+cabezas%22|title=Ateneo: revista del Ateneo de El Salvador|date=1974|publisher=El Ateneo|language=es}}</ref> In 1999, she was declared "Doctor of the Year 'Dr. Gustavo Adolfo López'".<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2015 |title=Revista Mundo Médico Salvadoreño |url=https://issuu.com/2herrerosstudio/docs/revista_web |access-date=2020-06-20 |website=Issuu |language=en}}</ref>

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Adela Cabezas de Allwood
Born
Adela del Rosario Cabezas

1918 (1918)
Santa Ana, El Salvador
EducationUniversity of El Salvador (M.D., 1948)
OccupationPhysician
SpouseJuan Allwood

Adela del Rosario Cabezas de Allwood[1] (born 1918)[2] is a Salvadoran physician, who is considered the second woman to graduate from the doctorate in medicine at the University of El Salvador.[2] Furthermore, Adela de Allwood has published several books throughout her medical career.

She was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador and she was one of nine children. Her father was a journalist who founded Diario del Pueblo in 1923.[3]

After graduating from UES in 1948,[2] Adela Cabezas traveled to the United States to specialize in paediatrics and nutrition in about 1949.[2][4] In the early 1950s, she worked on a project concerning goiter which was endemic in Central American schoolchildren. She was the Chief of Nutrition Service at the National Ministry of Health of El Salvador.[5]

She served as Chief of the Salvadoran Red Cross Medical Services in the late 1980s.[6] She was a member of the Asociación de Mujeres Universitarias (Association of University Women of El Salvador).[3] She was rector of the Francisco Gavidia University in the 1980s.[7][8] She was part of the Ateneo de El Salvador since 1975.[9] In 1999, she was declared "Doctor of the Year 'Dr. Gustavo Adolfo López'".[10]

In 2007 the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador declared her "Distinguished Physician of El Salvador" for "her outstanding professional career in the field of medicine".[11]

Books

  • From disaster relief to development: the experience of the El Salvador Red Cross / Del socorro en el desastre al desarrollo (Genève, Instituto Henry-Dunant, 1987)
  • Cuentos y más cuentos (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y el Arte, 199?)
  • Mujer médico siglo XX (Editorial Arte y Letras, 2000)
  • Va la vida (Ingenio El Ángel, 2012)

References

  1. ^ Ferrufino, Mayuly (November 4, 2000). "Una vida de lucha y éxito" [A life of struggle and success]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Arteaga, Ernesto (February 11, 2019). "Ocho salvadoreñas que han brillado en carreras científicas" [Eight Salvadorans who have shone in scientific careers]. La Prensa Gráfica (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Quienes Somos – AMUS" [Who we are | Association of University Women of El Salvador]. Asociación de Mujeres Universitarias (in Spanish). Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Division. United States Department of State International Press and Publications. Air Bulletin. 1949.
  5. ^ Clearinghouse for Research in Child Life (U.S.) (1954). Research Relating to Children: an inventory of studies in progress. Social Security Administration. Children's Bureau. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 90.
  6. ^ "Historia del Centro de Sangre" [History of the Blood Center | Salvadoran Red Cross]. Cruz Roja Salvadoreña (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Chacón, Godofredo Calderón (1986). Monografía de la República de El Salvador [Monograph of the Republic of El Salvador] (in Spanish). Impresos Prisma.
  8. ^ United States Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs (1982). Presidential Certification on El Salvador: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  9. ^ Ateneo: revista del Ateneo de El Salvador (in Spanish). El Ateneo. 1974.
  10. ^ "Revista Mundo Médico Salvadoreño". Issuu. June 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Decretos Emitidos en 2007". Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020.
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