María Caro Más de Chácon was a Cuban politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress.
In 1918 she became editor of Oriente,a weekly magazine. [1] She later became a professor of public instruction, [2] and served as president of the National Council of the Defence of the Child and head of the National Office of Labor for Women and Minors. [3]
She was a Democratic National Association candidate for the House of Representatives in Oriente Province in the 1936 general elections,the first in which women could vote,and was one of seven women elected. [4] She became the first woman to preside over the House of Representatives on an occasion when both the president and vice president were absent;as she was the oldest member in attendance,she oversaw the session. [5] She served in the House until 1940. [6] [7]
She later became chair of the women's division of the National Progressive Coalition,which supported Fulgencio Batista. [8]
Alfredo de Zayas y Alfonso,usually known as Alfredo de Zayas under Spanish naming customs and also known as Alfredo Zayas,was a Cuban lawyer,poet and political figure. He served as prosecutor,judge,mayor of Havana,secretary of the Constitutional Convention,senator in 1905,president of the Senate in 1906,Vice President of Cuba from 1909 to 1913 and President of Cuba from May 20,1921,to May 20,1925.
Miguel Mariano Gómez y Arias was a Cuban politician who served as the seventh President of Cuba for just over eight months in 1936. Compared to other administrations,there was general peace and tranquillity in Cuba during Gómez's brief presidency. It is claimed that he was a talented orator and writer,and the opposite of the typical "man on a horseback" attributed to previous Cuban Presidents with military backgrounds.
Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois was a Cuban revolutionary,feminist,and chemical engineer. She helped supply and organize the 26th of July Movement as an underground spy,and took an active role in many branches of the Cuban government from the conclusion of the revolution to her death. Espín helped found the Federation of Cuban Women and promoted equal rights for Cuban women in all spheres of life.
JoséManuel de Cortina y García was a Cuban politician,lawyer and journalist.
María Gómez Carbonell was a Cuban educator and politician. She was one of the first group of seven women elected to Congress,serving in the House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940. In 1940 she became the first woman to be elected to the Senate,and in 1942 was appointed Minister without portfolio,becoming the first woman in a Cuban cabinet. She founded Cruzada Educativa Cubana in 1962,as well as the Alliance of National Feminists.
Camila Henríquez Ureña was a writer,essayist,educator and literary critic from the Dominican Republic who became a naturalized Cuban citizen. She descended from a family of writers,thinkers and educators;both her parents,Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal and SaloméUreña,as well as her brothers Pedro and Max,were literary luminaries. Her essays have been published in Instrucción Pública,Ultra,Archipiélago,Casa de las Américas,La Gaceta de Cuba,Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional,Revista de la Universidad de La Habana,and Revista Lyceum. A feminist and a humanist,she lectured during much of her career,advocating intellectual study for women.
Rosa Amelia Guzmán was a Salvadoran journalist,feminist and suffragette. Her 1950 speech to the Constituent Assembly was instrumental in women gaining,not just the right to vote,but the rights of citizenship on 14 September. She was one of the first four women elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
Carmen Clemente Travieso (1900–1983) was a Venezuelan journalist and women's rights activist. She was the first graduate of the Central University of Venezuela as a reporter and one of the first women employed as a full-time journalist in Venezuela. She was one of the earliest group of women who joined the Communist Party of Venezuela and worked actively for women's suffrage. She was a co-founder of an organization in favor of prison reform and a co-founder of the Venezuelan Association of Journalists.
Aída Peláez Martínez,also known by her pseudonym Eugenio,was a Cuban writer,journalist,suffragist,and feminist activist. She was one of the architects of Cuba's women's suffrage campaign of the 1910s,along with Digna Collazo and Amalia Mallén. To this end,she participated in various pro-feminist organizations.
María Digna Collazo y del Castillo was a Cuban midwife,essayist,editor,suffragist,and feminist activist. She was one of the architects of Cuba's women's suffrage campaign of the 1910s,along with Amalia Mallén and Aída Peláez de Villa Urrutia. To this end,she participated in the foundation of the first organizations that sought to allow women to vote in her country,such as the Cuban Suffragists (1912) and the National Suffragist Party (1913) –of which she was vice president. Furthermore,together with Carmen Velacoracho de Lara,she founded the Feminist Party in 1918.
María Collado Romero was a Cuban journalist,poet,and feminist. She was the first female news reporter and parliamentary reporter in Cuba. She was the creator and president of the Democratic Suffragist Party of Cuba.
Beatriz Argimón Cedeira is a Uruguayan politician and notary of the National Party currently serving as the 18th Vice President of Uruguay since 1 March 2020,being the first woman to be elected in that position.
Aída del Carmen Jesús Consuelo García-Naranjo Morales,also known by her nickname "Mocha",is a Peruvian educator,singer,and politician,the former Secretary General of the Socialist Party and spokesperson of Gana Perú,the alliance of former President Ollanta Humala.
Isabel Pinto de Vidal was a Uruguayan feminist lawyer and politician,and a member of the Colorado Party. Pinto de Vidal was a founding member of the National Women's Council of Uruguay(Consejo Nacional de Mujeres del Uruguay, CONAMU), a branch of the International Council of Women in Uruguay. Her activism alongside the works of feminists such as Paulina Luisi and Francisca Beretervide is credited for achieving women's rights in Uruguay.
Women's suffrage in the Spanish Second Republic period was the result of efforts dating back to the mid-1800s. Women and men working towards universal suffrage had to combat earlier feminist goals that prioritized social goals,including access to education,political rights such as a woman's right to vote and equal wages. As a middle class developed and women gained more access to education,they began to focus more on the issue of suffrage but this was often around specific ideological philosophies;it was not tied into a broader working class movement calling for women's emancipation.
Rosa Anders Causse was a Cuban lawyer and politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress.
María Antonia Quintana Herrero was a Cuban pedagogue and politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress,serving until 1944,and again from 1955 to 1959.
Balbina Remedios Langanehin was a Cuban lawyer and politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress.
Consuelo Vázquez Bello was a Cuban politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress.
Herminia Rodríguez Fernández was a Cuban politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress.