Dr helen rodriguez trias biography channel
Dr helen rodriguez trias biography channel
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Helen Rodríguez Trías
American pediatrician and activist (1929–2001)
Helen Rodríguez Trías[note 1] (July 7, 1929 – December 27, 2001) was an American pediatrician, educator and women's rights activist.
She was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association (APHA), a founding member of the Women's Caucus of the APHA, and a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. She is credited with helping to expand the range of public health services for women and children in minority and low-income populations around the world.
Helen rodriguez trias biography
Early years
Rodríguez Trías's parents had been living in New York during the early 20th century. After Rodríguez Trías's birth in 1929, her family moved back to Puerto Rico. Her family returned to New York once again when she was ten years old,[1] where she experienced racism and discrimination.[2] Even though she had received good grades in school and knew how to speak English, she was placed in a class w