The Trujillo regime all but erased Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo’s legacy after she died, but since the dictator’s assassination in 1961, Dominicans have gradually reclaimed her story.
Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo
Evangelina’s work and eventually her life are threatened by the Dominican Republic’s new dictator.
Evangelina started innovative health programs on her return from France, but her advocacy for sex workers and contraception soon plunged her into controversy.
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