eloísa díaz

A person I admire. When I think about this topic there are many names that comes to my mind, the majorities comes from my family and are women. So, if I have to talk about a public person I admire, I would talk about Eloísa Díaz. She was the first woman in Chile who studied medicine in Universidad de Chile (back at 1866).

I heard about her in school. I was impressed because at the time that was not a thing ladies should do. So she was a brave women who knew what she wanted, and did the right things to get it.

At this moment of the history, we have many women who fight every day for our rights, to have the same opportunity as men and to stop the harassment. But everywhere there is always someone who do things first, and then others who follow. In this case, being the first women going to college was a big step. In a sexist society where only men could study and women had to stay at home, caring for her children, I imagine that her choice was not well looked at at first. Probably there were people who tried to stop her, and even if she didn’t have to fight with anyone, I admire her for having the courage to do something no women did.

And this was not just a big step to her; it was for all women in Chile who after her could go to college. She proved women have the same qualities as men.