# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matilde-montoya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:35:48.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matilde-montoya"
name: "Matilde Montoya"
slug: "matilde-montoya"
description: "Matilde Petra Montoya Lafragua was the first female physician in Mexico. Initially working as a midwife, she became one of the first women to attend and graduate Medical School, eventually earning her doctorate in 1887. Later she was a surgeon and obstetrician. Montoya played an important role in the social establishment of women's rights and the movements toward unbiased opportunities for education and occupations for women."
tagline: "Mexican physician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matilde_Montoya.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
birthDate: "1859-03-14"
deathDate: "1938-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  248
  category: null
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    title: "Matilde Montoya"
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    title: "Matilde Montoya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_Montoya"
    title: "Matilde Montoya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_Montoya"
    title: "Matilde Montoya"
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    title: "മറ്റിൽഡെ മൊണ്ടോയ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump