María Josefa de los Reyes Cerrato Rodríguez

María Josefa de los Reyes Cerrato Rodríguez (6 January 1897 – 30 April 1981) was the first Spanish woman to qualify as a veterinarian.

Life Rodríguez was born in Arroyo de San Serván in 1897. Her parents were Maximialiano González and Nazaria Morilla.

She studied pharmacy and a veterinary degree. She obtained a degree in 1925 but continued to study. She was not the first Spanish woman to start to become a vet, but she was the first to complete the training and to qualify.

She married Ignacio Barrientos and had three daughters in León.

Rodríguez died in Calamonte in 1981.