Matilde, Our First Female Doctor
You will learn about Matilde's journey to becoming the first female doctor in Mexico. You will also practice words related to narrating things that happened in the past and engage in critical thinking to explore various historical and societal changes brought about by individual actions.
Reading
1.Gather in communities.
2.Read the title of the text again. Have you ever heard of Matilde?3.Now, read the text. Pay extna attention to the words in red.
when you get sick and need to go to a medical appointment, it's normal to see all kinds of people in hospitals or clinics: youngsters and older adults,men, and women.Howeuer,did you know it wasn't always like this?
There were no female doctors in Mexico until 1887,and it was thanks to Matilde Montoya Lafragua.
From a uery young age, Matilde showed aboue-auerage intelligence: She could read and write by age four. By eleuen,she was ready to attend high school,and by fourteen, she had taken a couple of courses at the Escuela Nacional de Medicina, which she had to leaue due to family problems and economic struggle.
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