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Isabel Bernal Rosa (b. San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, February 8, 1935) is a Puerto Rican artist. She is known for her silkscreen prints and paintings, and her works are held in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, [1] the Museo del Barrio, [2] and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. [3]
English: Río Culebrinas in Barrio Magos, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Date: 20 May 2019, 13:19:06: Source: Own work: Author: The Eloquent Peasant: Licensing ...
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 ...
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Mariana Bracetti Cuevas (also spelled Bracety) (July 26, 1825 – February 25, 1903) was a patriot and leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement.In 1868, she knitted the Grito de Lares flag that was intended to be used as the national emblem of Puerto Rico in its first of two attempts to overthrow Spanish rule, and to establish the island as a sovereign republic.
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.
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 ...
Hayworth was an independent candidate for mayor of San Juan, where she advocated for AIDS awareness in Puerto Rico. In 2011, she ran for Senator on behalf of the New Progressive Party. [5] In 2013, Evangelical pastor Jorge Raschke revealed to Puerto Rican media that Hayworth had been living in an abandoned and condemned building and was homeless.