one prominent uruguayan woman is paulina luisi. luisi was a leader of the feminist movement in the country of uruguay. in 1909, she became the first woman in the country to obtain a medical degree and was highly respected. she represented uruguay in international women's conferences and traveled throughout europe. she voiced her opinion on women's rights, and in 1919, paulina started the force for women's rights in uruguay. by 1922, the pan-american conference of women named paulina luisi an honorary vice president of the meeting and she continued to be an activist until uruguay gave women the right to vote.