Dolores de Miño
Dolores de Miño | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1963– | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 March 1903 Villeta, Paraguay |
| Died | 6 November 1976 (aged 73) |
Ramona Dolores Fanego de Miño (27 March 1903 – 6 November 1976) was a Paraguayan politician. In 1963 she and Bienvenida de Sánchez became the first female members of the Chamber of Deputies.
Biography[edit]
De Miño was born in Villeta in March 1903.[1] She trained to be a teacher and taught in her hometown for several years.[1] During the Chaco War she established the Commission for Assistance to the Combatants of Chaco, which provided food and medicine to soldiers.[1]
Following the war, she joined the Colorado Party.[1] She was a Colorado Party candidate in the 1963 elections and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, becoming one of the first two female members alongside Bienvenida de Sánchez.[2]
She died in November 1973.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Doña Lola de Miño, digna representante de la mujer colorada Colorado Party
- ^ Lorena Soler (2019) Mujeres y redes internacionales. La Liga Paraguaya Pro Derechos de la Mujer (1951-1962) como parte de las disputas de la Guerra Fría Descentrada, volume 3, number 1