Dr. Helen Rodríguez Trías: Heroine of Medicine and Public Health
Dr. Helen Rodríguez Trías was a pediatrician, educator and women’s rights activist. She was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association, a founding member of the Women’s Caucus of the APHA, and a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. In 1948, she began her academic education at the University of Puerto Rico […]