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Yvonne Sylvain

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Yvonne Sylvain (1907–1989) was the first female doctor in Haiti.[1] She was the first woman accepted into the medical school of the University of Haiti, and earned her medical degree there in 1940.[1] She worked as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology in the Port-au-Prince General Hospital.[2]

She was also active in the women's suffrage movement.[1]

She was the sister of Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Haiti’s first black female anthropologist.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Laura Lynn Windsor (1 January 2002). Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-1-57607-392-6.
  2. ^ http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2011/New%20York%20Evening%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201947%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201947%20a%20Grayscale%20-%200263.pdf
  3. ^ "Guide to the Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvan Papers M1835". Oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
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