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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.
20th-century Puerto Rican actresses (48 P) P. Actresses from Ponce, Puerto Rico (11 P) S. Actresses from San Juan, Puerto Rico (25 P) Pages in category "Puerto Rican ...
Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), writer; her works, among which is the novel Nilda, tell of growing up in the Bronx and El Barrio and of the difficulties Puerto Rican women face in the United States; [124] [125] in 1973, became the first Hispanic woman in modern times to have her literary works published by the major commercial publishing houses ...
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Frances M. Vega (1983–2003) – first female soldier of Puerto Rican descent to die in a combat zone, in Operation Iraqi Freedom [citation needed] Pedro del Valle (1893–1978) – U.S. Marine Corps officer; first Hispanic to reach the rank of lieutenant general; in 1900 his family emigrated to the US and became US citizens [169]
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José Ferrer was the first Puerto Rican-born, first Latino and Hispanic person to be nominated for and win an Oscar, receiving a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Joan of Arc (1948) and winning Best Actor for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950).
Puerto Rican soap opera actresses (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Puerto Rican television actresses" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.