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Helen Rodríguez Trías Quotes

1929–2001 United States

Helen Rodríguez Trías (July 7, 1929 – December 27, 2001) was an American pediatrician, educator and women's rights activist. She was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association (APHA), a founding member of the Women's Caucus of the APHA, and a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal.

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I saw that anybody who could afford an abortion could get a perfectly fine one. It would be written up as an appendectomy. Women from the US used to go to Havana to get abortions.

The Face of Women's Health: Helen Rodriguez-Trias" by Joyce Wilcox (2002)

The only way to effect change was for more women to go into the professions and instill a different perspective—a more human touch and a more respectful relationship with patients.

The Face of Women's Health: Helen Rodriguez-Trias" by Joyce Wilcox (2002)

The women's movement was very diverse, but the more public positions articulated by the movement didn't include the experiences or concerns of women of color or of poor women.

The Face of Women's Health: Helen Rodriguez-Trias" by Joyce Wilcox (2002)

In Puerto Rico, racism was subtle. There wasn't the kind of separatist racism like in the US. I wasn't used to this.

The Face of Women's Health: Helen Rodriguez-Trias" by Joyce Wilcox (2002)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Helen Rodríguez Trías (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.