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González, Rosa A. (1891-1981) New!
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Enfermera y maestra puertorriqueña, Rosa Angélica González Torres luchó por la mejora del sistema de salud y por los derechos e instrucción de las mujeres durante toda su trayectoria vital. En relación con su formación, se graduó primeramente en la Escuela de Nurses del Hospital Presbiteriano de San Juan y, posteriormente, en la misma escuela en Nueva York. Finalizados sus estudios, comenzó a trabajar como maestra e instructora de varias escuelas de Puerto Rico (1918), fundó la Association of Registered Nurses of Puerto Rico con el objetivo de reunir al conjunto de enfermeras y velar por sus derechos y ejerció la enfermería, específicamente con los más necesitados, cruzando la bahía de San Juan para ayudar a combatir la lepra en la Isla de las Cabras.
Además, ostentó numerosos cargos de liderazgo: fue directora voluntaria de la Unidad de Emergencia en Mayaguez (1918) y Superintendente de Enfermeras del Sanatorio Insular (1919), directora de la Escuela del Hospital Presbiteriano (1919-1924), directora de la Escuela del Hospital Municipal de San Juan (1927-1928), Secretaría de campo (sin sueldo) de la Asociación de Enfermeras (1933-1935) o directora del Servicio de Enfermeras de la Cruz Roja Americana en Puerto Rico (1942-1946). entre otros. organizó y dirigió la primera clínica de salud maternal en Puerto Rico 1936-1940.
Su figura es relevante, entre otras cosas, por haber dirigido la primera clínica de salud maternal en el país (1836-1940) y por ser la primera mujer en recibir el Premio Garrido Morales otorgado por la Asociación de Salud Pública de Puerto Rico (1978). Es autora de un repertorio lexicográfico de especialidad, Diccionario manual médico práctico para uso de las nurses (1918), que recoge las voces para que las estudiantes de enfermería pudieran acceder a determinados conceptos sin apenas dificultad.
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- Diccionario manual médico práctico para uso de las nurses, Ponce (Puerto Rico), Consejo “El Águila”, 1918.
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- Arrieta Vilá, Rubén, “Rosa olvidada”, Nuevo día, 1981.
- Azize Vargas, Yamila, Rosa González: enfermera, feminista y activista de la salud a comienzos del siglo 20, Puerto Rico, Saludpromujer, [04/07/2026].
- Negrón Muñoz, Ángela, Mujeres de Puerto Rico: desde el periodo de colonización hasta el primer tercio del siglo XX, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Imprenta Venezuela, 1930.
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