Ofelia Domínguez Navarro
Ofelia Domínguez Navarro was a Cuban writer, teacher, lawyer, feminist and activist who fought for the rights of women and illegitimate children.
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Michelle Bachelet
Chilean politician who served as the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022
Andrea Villarreal
Andrea Villarreal was a teacher, poet, feminist, labor organizer, and revolutionary.
Irene Morales Infante
Irene Morales Infante was a Chilean soldier who served in the War of the Pacific (1879-1884) between Chile, Peru and Bolivia.
Luisa Moreno
Luisa Moreno was a labor organizer and civil rights activist in the United States.
Ángela Jeria
Chilean archaeologist, the mother of Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the wife of the Chilean Air Force
Mama Ocllo
Mama Ocllo was a princess and queen consort (Coya), of the Inca Empire
Mercedes Sosa
Haydée Mercedes Sosa was an Argentine singer popular throughout Latin America and beyond.
Martha Érika Alonso
A Mexican politician and member of the National Action Party (PAN), Martha Érika Alonso served as the first female governor of Puebla from 14 December 2018 until her death ten days later in a helicopter crash. As the wife of her predecessor, she had served as the state’s first lady from Februray 2011 to February 2017.
Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa Leger Fernandez is an American attorney and politician who was elected in 2020 Representative for New Mexico’s 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first Latina to represent New Mexico’s third congressional district