Josefina Villafane De Martinez-Alvarez, M.D. papers
Content Description
Collection includes Martinez-Alvarez’s WMCP commencement materials, including a program, announcements, and winter dance card, 1911; Board of Medical Examiners certificate (issued in Puerto Rico) with the signatures of the newly inducted president and secretary, 1926; WMCP commencement program and letter from Alumnae Association, 1961; small amount of correspondence, 1985-1987; Anti-Tuberculosis League flyer (in Spanish); materials from the American Medicine “50 Year Club”, including a membership card, merit certificate, and pin, 1985; Boletín, an English/Spanish medical publication of the Medical Association of Puerto Rico, 1988; photograph of Martinez-Alvarez, 1985; commemorative plaque awarded to Martinez-Alvarez from the Women’s Medical Association of Puerto Rico, 1970; silver plate; and a commemorative ceramic plate with “50” engraved in gold print.
Dates
- 1911-1985
Creator
Biographical Note
Josefina Villafane de Martinez-Alvarez earned her M.D. from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP) in 1911. Martinez-Alvarez left Puerto Rico to study music in the United States. However, she abandoned her music career to pursue medicine after staying in the home of a family friend named Dr. Janer, whose daughter, Anita, was training as a medical student. After graduating from WMCP, Martinez-Alvarez returned to Puerto Rico and started a medical practice with her husband. She was one of five women doctors, including Anita Janer, practicing in Puerto Rico at the time.
Extent
.2 linear feet (1 quarter document box, five folders)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Title
- Josefina Villafane De Martinez-Alvarez, M.D. papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kieran McGhee
- Date
- 5/26/2023
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Drexel University: College of Medicine Legacy Center Repository