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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]
Various Puerto Rican women have excelled in the field of journalism in Puerto Rico and in the United States, among them Carmen Jovet, the first Puerto Rican woman to become a news anchor in Puerto Rico, Bárbara Bermudo, co-host of Primer Impacto, Elizabeth Vargas, anchor of ABC's television newsmagazine 20/20.
María Cadilla (1884–1951), women's rights activist; one of the first women in Puerto Rico to earn a doctoral degree; Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922), labor activist; one of Puerto Rico's most famous labor organizers; writer and an anarchist who fought for workers and women's rights; Alice Cardona (1930–2011), activist and community organizer ...
She established the Afro-Boricua El Coqui Theater to showcase Black Puerto Rican culture. In the 1970s, she spoke out about the racism faced by Black artists, including racist casting practices ...
On May 29, 2014, The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico honored 12 illustrious women with plaques in the "La Plaza en Honor a la Mujer Puertorriqueña" (Plaza in Honor of Puerto Rican Women) in San Juan. According to the plaques each of the 12 women, who by virtue of their merits and legacies, stand out in the history of Puerto Rico.
She moved back to New York where she founded a new theater group which she named Sininke. She made many presentations in the Museum of Natural History in that city. In 1981, she became the first and only director of the office of the Afro-Puerto Rican affairs of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture.
On May 29, 2014, The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico honored 12 illustrious women with plaques in the "La Plaza en Honor a la Mujer Puertorriqueña" (Plaza in Honor of Puerto Rican Women) in San Juan. According to the plaques the 12 women, who by virtue of their merits and legacies, stand out in the history of Puerto Rico.
Liza Colón-Zayas is a Bronx-born Puerto Rican, and stars in The Bear as Tina. The actress will also appear in the upcoming Cat Person film, inspired by the viral New Yorker short story.