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On June 17, 1956, Peruvian women voted for the first time in general elections, after years of mobilization by women like María Jesús Alvarado, Adela Montesinos, Zoila Aurora Cáceres, Elvira García y García, and Magda Portal, among others. Peru was the next-to-last country in Latin America to fully enfranchise women. [15]
Matilde Pérez Palacio Carranza (8 September 1913 – 16 August 1992) [1] was a Peruvian educator, journalist and politician. In 1956 she was among the first group of women elected to Congress, serving until 1962, and again between 1963 and 1968.
They were the first elections in Peru in which women could vote, [2] and nine women were elected to Congress; Manuela Billinghurst, Alicia Blanco Montesinos, Lola Blanco Montesinos, María Colina Lozano, Matilde Pérez Palacio, Carlota Ramos de Santolaya, María Eleonora Silva Silva and Juana Ubilluz de Palacios were elected to the Chamber of ...
Lima, Peru Manuela Candelaria Billinghurst López (1919 – 5 May 1967) was a Peruvian politician. In 1956 she was among the first group of women elected to Congress , serving until 1962.
Lima, Peru María Mercedes Colina Lozano de Gotuzzo (21 December 1921 – 28 July 2012) was a Peruvian politician. In 1956 she was among the first group of women elected to Congress , serving until 1962, and again between 1963 and 1968.
Lima, Peru María Eleonora Silva y Silva (27 October 1930 – 16 March 2016) was a Peruvian politician. In 1956 she was among the first group of women elected to Congress , serving until 1962.
The history of Peru between 1948 and 1956 corresponds to the presidency of General Manuel A. Odría, who overthrew José Luis Bustamante y Rivero through a coup d'état on October 29, 1948. The period's name in Spanish comes from the 8-year length of Odría's presidency (Spanish: Ochenio de Odría).
In 1956, she removed to the Gran Unidad Escolar Teresa González de Fanning, also a women's school, which she directed until her death in 1959. [2] The Peruvian government considered her educational work to be an outstanding example, and in July 1956, she was awarded the Palmas Magisteriales, the highest award granted to a Peruvian teacher. [2]