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Wilson has been listed in PR Week 40 Under 40, 93.9 WKYS 30 under 30, and P.R. Week as one of the 50 Most Powerful in P.R, [5] Ad Age ‘Women to Watch’, The Root 100 and more. [19] She has also featured in The Washington Post , Cosmopolitan , Forbes , Girlboss, Black Enterprise , EBONY , and more.
Known as one of the first openly trans women in Puerto Rico, Hayworth was the founder of Herencia de Orgullo (Heritage of Pride). She led the first pride parade in Puerto Rico on June 13, 1991, [2] which ran from Luis Muñoz Rivera Park to Puerta de Tierra in Condado.
La Operación is a forty-minute documentary film by Ana María García about US-imposed sterilization policies in Puerto Rico. Produced by the Latin American Film Project and released in 1982, [1] this film explores the mass sterilization of Puerto Rican women during the 1950s and 1960s. In the documentary, Garcia sheds light on the decades ...
Puerto Rico has the highest number of world champions per capita in the world. For some, it is not merely a sport but also a way of life. "I Want to be Her:" Meet the Women Boxers Punching Through ...
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]
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 ...
In 2004, Meyer produced Tres Noches tropicales y una vida de infierno (Three tropical nights and a life in hell), which was presented in Puerto Rico, Orlando, Florida and Washington, D.C. In November 2005, Meyer participated with Johnatan Dwayne in Calderón de la Barca's La dama duende, presented at the Warehouse Theater in Washington, D.C. [3]
When Puerto Rico was a Spanish Colony, Puerto Rican women were commonly known for their roles as mothers and housekeepers. Women's rights were unheard of and their contributions to the islands' society were limited. However, during the 19th century women in Puerto Rico began to express themselves through their literary work.