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Puerto Rican women and women of Puerto Rican descent have continued to join the Armed Forces, and some have even made the military a career. Among the Puerto Rican women who have or had high ranking positions are the following: Lieutenant Colonel Olga E. Custodio (USAF) became the first Hispanic female U.S. military pilot. She holds the ...
Puerto Rico portal; Pages in category "Puerto Rican female models" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This ...
First Puerto Rican female athlete to turn professional, [56] first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal, and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. [57] Lisa Fernández, softball player. Olympic gold medalist. Maritza Correia, athlete. First black Puerto Rican woman in the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team.
As Puerto Ricans prepared to welcome 2025, we woke up Tuesday morning to find the island in complete darkness. A blackout that began at 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 31 left nearly all of Puerto Rico’s 1.47 ...
According to a Puerto Rican legend, British troops were laying siege to San Juan, Puerto Rico on the night of April 30, 1797. The townswomen, led by a bishop, formed a rogativa (prayer procession) and marched throughout the streets of the city - singing hymns, carrying torches, and praying for the deliverance of the city.
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]
Frieda Medín (born 1949, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican artist.She works in photography, film making, experimental cinema and installations. Medín has considered herself to be a self taught photographer, [1] and is recognized by many as an influential Puerto Rican artist.
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 ...