Lucila Gamero de Medina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Honduran writer
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Place of Birth: Danlí, El Paraíso Department, Honduras
About Lucila Gamero de Medina
- Lucila Gamero de Medina (12 June 1873 – 23 January 1964) was a Honduran romantic novelist.
- She was the first woman in Honduras to produce literary work and in Central America to publish novels.
- Critic and writer Luis Marín Otero called her "the grand dame of Honduran letters".
- She was trained as a physician and pharmacist and though prevented from studying at the university was awarded a diploma of Medicine and Surgery from the dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
- She headed a hospital and served as a health inspector in her native department.
- In addition to her medical and literary efforts, Gamero was an active feminist and suffragette, attending conferences and participating in the founding of the Comité Femenino Hondureño.
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