María Elisa Rivera y León de Díaz (born 1887 in Hatillo, Puerto Rico) was one of the first four women from
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
to earn a medical degree; the other three were
Ana Janer
Ana Janer was one of the first two women from Puerto Rico to earn a medical degree.Dolores Piñero
Dr. Dolores Mercedes Piñero, (1892–1975) was one of the first four Puerto Rican women to earn a medical degree. She was also one of the first civilian doctors, and the first Puerto Rican female doctor to serve under contract in the U.S. Army ...
in 1913.Women's Military Memorial "LA MUJER EN LAS PROFESIONES DE SALUD (1898–1930); By: YAMILA AZIZE VARGAS1 and LUIS ALBERTO AVILES; PRHSJ Vol, 9 No. 1
Ana Janer
Ana Janer was one of the first two women from Puerto Rico to earn a medical degree. She was the first Puerto Rican woman to graduate medical school with the highest honors.