Pastoriza Flores

Pastoriza Flores
Pastoriza Flores, 1921
Born
Pastoriza Flores de Handel

2 May 1897
Died7 May 1937
OccupationEducator
Known forFirst Ecuadorean woman to earn a Ph.D. from an American university

Pastoriza Flores (Pastoriza Flores de Hendel) (2 May 1897 - 7 May 1937) [1] was an Ecuadorian educator. She was the first Ecuadorean woman student to hold the degree of Ph.D. from an American university, and she was awarded it at the age of twenty-four.

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