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History and Present of Women's Leadership in Health: Yolanda Eissmann and Current Challenges

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No. 24 (2025): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2025.82624
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Abstract

This article examines, from a historical and intersectional gender perspective, the case of Yolanda Eissmann Sanderson, the first director of Chile’s Special School of Phoniatrics, whose 1947 appointment revealed institutional resistance related to gender, profession, and medical authority. Based on historical sources and contemporary theoretical frameworks, the article explores tensions between female leadership, performativity, pedagogical knowledge, and feminized professions. It offers a critical reading of the history of speech-language pathology, placing Eissmann’s legacy within current debates on gender justice in health, education, and knowledge production.

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Women in Leadership , gender inequality , speech therapy , feminized professions

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Sara Tapia-Saavedra, Universidad de Chile

Fonoaudióloga, Mg. Psicología Comunitaria,  Directora Departamento de Fonoaudiología, Universidad de Chile

Rayen Rivera-López, Universidad de Chile

Fonoaudióloga, Universidad de Chile.

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Tapia-Saavedra, S. ., & Rivera-López, R. . (2025). History and Present of Women’s Leadership in Health: Yolanda Eissmann and Current Challenges. Revista Punto Género, (24), pp. 311–343. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2025.82624
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