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Born October 22, 1904 ( age 66 ), Tamaulipas, Mexico Died December 14, 1970 ( aged 66 ) Mexico City, Mexico Nationality Mexican Occupation Physician, Writer, Educator Similar Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón, Benita Galeana, Elvia Carrillo Puerto |
Esther Chapa Tijerina ( October 22, 1904 in Tamaulipas - December 14, 1970 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican medical surgeon, writer, feminist, suffragist, trade unionist, and activist involved in pro-women's rights, Rodríguez de Romo, Ana Cecilia; Castañeda López, Gabriela; Robles Valencia, Rita ( 2008 ). Protagonists of Mexican Scientific Medicine, 1800-2006. and the rights of children. She was a member of the Mexican Communist Party.
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She was the daughter of Virginia Tijerina and Quirino Chapa. She graduated in 1928 from the National School of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico where she majored in microbiology and clinical analysis. She worked at this university for about forty years and was the first woman in Mexico to occupy the university chair for microbiology. She also served as director of the National School of Nursing and Midwifery in 1966.

In the 1940s, Chapa Tijerina was involved in the early Mexican feminist movement with Matilde Rodríguez Cabo and María Lavalle Urbina. She participated with other women and intellectuals in founding several organizations, including the United Front Pro Women's Rights. She was a strong advocate for the right of women's suffrage.
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