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First woman in Puerto Rico and in all of Latin America to be elected to a government legislative body. [24] María de Pérez Almiroty, first woman elected to the Senate of Puerto Rico; Sila María Calderón, governor. First woman governor of Puerto Rico, elected in November 2000. She was the former mayor of San Juan. [25]
Monumento a la Mujer is a bronze statue commemorating the contributions of the Puerto Rican women to the Puerto Rican society. It is located at the fork of Calle Marina and Calle Mayor Cantera, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, next to Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell, in Barrio Cuarto. It was unveiled in 2002. [1] Its sculptor was Maria Elena Perales. [2]
She was the first Puerto Rican-born female poet to gain fame across Latin America and penned the original revolutionary lyrics to “La Borinqueña," Puerto Rico’s national anthem.
Among the women who became educators and made notable contributions to the educational system of the island were Concha Meléndez, the first woman to belong to the Puerto Rican Academy of Languages, [52] [53] [54] Pilar Barbosa, a professor at the University of Puerto Rico who was the first modern-day Official Historian of Puerto Rico, and Ana ...
Puerto Rico has over 50 rivers, most originating from the island's central mountainous region which receives heavy rainfall. The largest of these rivers, Rio de la Plata , measures approximately 60.5 mi. (97 km), starting at an altitude of 2,625 ft (800 m) above sea level in Cayey before ending between the northern coastal towns of Dorado and ...
In 1963, the New York Daily News ran stories about an underground, word-of-mouth network of doctors in Puerto Rico who performed abortions on American women, from “suburban society matrons” to ...
Puerto Rico portal; Pages in category "Puerto Rican female models" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This ...
Image credits: Mike Sal The Historic Film Locations group on Facebook is a community of almost 900k members, most of whom are cinema fans and film tourists. The group believes that movies "hold ...