Adela Cabezas de Allwood | |
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| Born | Adela del Rosario Cabezas 1918 |
| Education | University of El Salvador (M.D., 1948) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Juan 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Division. United States Department of State International Press and Publications. Air Bulletin. 1949.
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^ 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.
{{ cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored ( help) - ^ "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.
- ^ Chacón, Godofredo Calderón (1986). Monografía de la República de El Salvador [Monograph of the Republic of El Salvador] (in Spanish). Impresos Prisma.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ateneo: revista del Ateneo de El Salvador (in Spanish). El Ateneo. 1974.
- ^ "Revista Mundo Médico Salvadoreño". Issuu. June 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Decretos Emitidos en 2007". Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020.
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Adela Cabezas de Allwood | |
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| Born | Adela del Rosario Cabezas 1918 |
| Education | University of El Salvador (M.D., 1948) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Juan 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Division. United States Department of State International Press and Publications. Air Bulletin. 1949.
-
^ 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.
{{ cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored ( help) - ^ "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.
- ^ Chacón, Godofredo Calderón (1986). Monografía de la República de El Salvador [Monograph of the Republic of El Salvador] (in Spanish). Impresos Prisma.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ateneo: revista del Ateneo de El Salvador (in Spanish). El Ateneo. 1974.
- ^ "Revista Mundo Médico Salvadoreño". Issuu. June 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Decretos Emitidos en 2007". Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020.
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| Academics | |