Matilde Rodríguez Cabo [SEP] sex or gender
Matilde Rodríguez Cabo
Matilde Rodríguez Cabo Guzmán (Las Palmas, San Luis Potosí, July 17, 1902 – Mexico City, September 8, 1967,) was Mexico's first female psychiatrist. Also a surgeon, writer, feminist, and suffragist, Rodríguez was an activist for the right of Mexican women, and affiliated with the Mexican Communist Party. She was married to General Francisco J. Múgica; they had a son, Janitzio Múgica Rodríguez Cabo.
Matilde graduated in 1929 from the faculty of medicine at the National Autonomous
intentional attention, care, and study of each patient’s psychosis and physiology to properly diagnose and treat each individual. In post-revolutionary Mexico, she helped popularize the concept that a child’s mental illness could possible stem from conditions of their exposed environment or economic circumstance, and not just their biological genetics.
The Fight or the Rights of Women.
Outside of her psychiatric practice, Matilde Rodríguez Cabo was highly politically and socially active, particularly in regards to the fight for the rights of women in Mexico. Under