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Ana Roqué Géigel de Duprey
Ana Roqué Géigel de Duprey
Ana Roqué Géigel de Duprey led the fight for women’s rights, especially the right to vote.
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  • Education
  • 27/06/2021
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Antonia Sáez Torres
Antonia Sáez Torres
Like many other members of the 1930s generation, she was known for defending teaching in Spanish, the vernacular of Puerto Ricans, at a time in the Island’s history when English was imposed as the main language in the public schools.
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  • Education
  • 27/06/2021
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María Luisa Arcelay de la Rosa
María Luisa Arcelay de la Rosa
A leader of the Puerto Rican needlework industry in the early 20th century, she was also the first woman elected to the Puerto Rican legislature and the first female legislator in all of Latin America.
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  • Government
  • 23/05/2021
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Objetos con historia: la Colección Teodoro Vidal Santoni
  • 04/05/2021

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