The Virtual Museum:
A Glimpse of the Storied History of UPCM

Featured Paintings and Gallery Calderon Hall Medical Science Building

MA. PAZ MENDOZA-GUAZON, MD

A woman of many firsts, Dr. Ma. Paz Mendoza-Guazon was the first female graduate of the UP College of Medicine in 1912. She was also among the first Filipinas to receive a high school diploma, the first Filipina appointed to full professorial rank at the University of the Philippines, the first woman member of the same university’s Board of Regents, the first Filipina appointed by the Philippine Legislature to an educational mission to the United States in 1926, and the first Filipina to receive an honorable mention from the Premio Zobel in 1930 for her work, "Notas de Viaje". As a pathologist, she was known for her pioneering work in the study of “bangungot.” She was known as a philanthropist and outspoken sociocivic leader who was active in the campaign for women’s suffrage in the country, participating in public hearings and delivering speeches urging the enfranchisement of the feminist vote. She also founded several women’s organizations including the Philippine Association of University Women where she served as President and first managing editor of its official organ, The Woman's World. The Paz Mendoza Memorial Medical Building in the University of the Philippines Manila is dedicated in her memory.

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