María Griselda Hinojosa Flores (20 April 1875 – 1959) was a Chilean pharmacist. She became the first woman to practice pharmacy in the country after earning a degree from the
University of Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. in 1889.
Biography
Griselda Hinojosa was born in
Copiapó
Copiapó () is a city and commune in northern Chile, located about 65 kilometers east of the coastal town of Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capital of Copiapó Province and Atacama Region.
Copiapó lies about 800 km north ...
on 20 April 1875, the fourth daughter of Pablo Hinojosa and Mercedes Flores. She studied at the Rafael Valdés Private School for Girls and at the Copiapó Lyceum for Girls.
She studied
pharmacy
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...
at the
University of Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. , graduating on 4 December 1899 with the thesis ''Contribución al estudio del Solanum Tomatillo (Natri)'' (Contribution to the Study of the
Solanum Tomatillo). She was part of the first group of women to earn college degrees in Chile, following the promulgation of the in 1877; others included physicians
Eloisa Diaz (1886) and
Ernestina Pérez (1887) and lawyers
Matilde Throup (1892) and
Matilde Brandau (1898).
She practiced her profession at the Copiapó Apothecary and Drugstore until 1909, and at the Manuel Antonio Matta Pharmacy, located on the in Santiago, owned by Hinojosa and her husband.
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1875 births
1959 deaths
Chilean pharmacists
People from Copiapó
University of Chile alumni
Women pharmacists