Yvonne Sylvain
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] namely in the Ligue Féminine d'Action Sociale. She published articles on public health issues in the Ligue's news outlet, La Voix des Femmes.[3]
She was the sister of Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Haiti’s first woman anthropologist.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Laura Lynn Windsor (1 January 2002). Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-1-57607-392-6.
- ^ 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
- ^ "La Voix des Femmes: Haitian Women's Rights, National Politics, and Black Activism in Port-au-Prince and Montreal, 1934-1986". deepblue.lib.umich.edu. 2013. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Guide to the Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvan Papers M1835". Oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2015-03-23.