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Honoria Acosta-Sison

Honoria Dizon Acosta-Sison was the first Filipino woman to become a medical doctor.

Biography
She was born in Calasiao, Pangasinan in the Philippines and graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (later absorbed by Drexel University) in 1909. In 1910 she married the director of the Philippine General Hospital of Manila, where she first worked as assistant in obstetrics. ==Awards and honours==
Awards and honours
Presidential Medal in 1955 • Gold Medal from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1959 • Most Outstanding Woman Physician from the Philippine Women's Medical Association in 1959. ==References==
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