Sara Bendahan
Sara Bendahan (1906-1946) was a doctor who was the first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical degree in Venezuela. [1][2][3] She was born in Guatire in February 1906, and her parents were Moroccan Jewish immigrants.[3][1] In September 1924 she began studying at the Central University of Venezuela. In her third year of studying medicine she suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and went to Los Teques to recover, but did not stop studying and passed her third year exams.[1] However, due to the deaths of family and friends she initially left medical school without graduating, needing only to complete her thesis and examination.[1] She did this and graduated as a doctor on July 31, 1939, but died six years later.[2][3] She had a daughter.[1][3]
Further reading
- Through a narrow gate: Sara Bendahan, by Sonia Hecker, published 2005 by the Polar Foundation in Caracas (in Spanish)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Sara Bendahan". Globered.
- ^ a b "Lya Imber de Coronil, la primera médica venezolana". Radio Jai.
- ^ a b c d "La primera mujer que en Venezuela estudió Medicina: Sara Bendahan". Saludaldia.