Английская Википедия:Elena Mederos
Elena Inés Mederos y Cabañas de González (13 January 1900 - 25 September 1981) was a Cuban human rights and women's rights activist, a feminist, and social reformer.Шаблон:Sfn She was the first Minister of Social Work in Cuba.
Mederos founded several organizations including the School of Social Services at the University of Havana; the Foundation for Social Services, which developed programs for children's organizations in Cuba; "Of Human Rights" (New York City, 1961);Шаблон:Sfn and a Cuban exile lobby that worked for the release of political prisoners. A suffragist,Шаблон:Sfn Mederos was a co-founder of the Alianza Nacional Feminista,Шаблон:Sfn a suffragist organization active in Cuba during the 1920s. She was the founding vice president of the National Association of Cuban American Women (NACAW).[1] Mederos is "considered the most prominent Cuban woman of the 20th century".Шаблон:Sfn
Biography
Mederos was born in Havana on 13 January 13, 1900. Her father, a well-to-do tobacco merchant, gave Mederos and her sister tobacco estates, which allowed each of the daughters to live a comfortable life without dependence on a husband for financial support. Her education included a Ph.D. in pharmacology. She married Hilario González Arrieta, a young lawyer, in 1924.Шаблон:Sfn
The Sixth Pan American Union conference was held in 1928 in Havana. Attended by a large assembly of Cuban women led by Mederos, the conference established the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM).Шаблон:Sfn Representing Cuba, Mederos was a member of the first CIM conference which met in Havana in 1930.Шаблон:Sfn In September 1959, Mederos served for five months as first Minister of Social Work in Cuba,[1] under Fidel Castro's provisional government.Шаблон:Sfn She arrived in the US in 1961 with her daughter María Elena González Mederos, where she worked for UNICEF. Mederos died 25 September 1981 in Washington, DC.[2] The Elena Mederos Award was established in her honor by the NACAW.Шаблон:Sfn
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External links
- "Elena Mederos, una Figura Histórica del Siglo XX" by Aleida Duran in Contacto Magazine (in Spanish)
- La Fundación Elena Mederos (in Spanish)
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