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Matilde Hidalgo's Biography
In 1968 her name transcended the national boundaries and received conceptual agreements from international feminist organizations, when she was nominated for "Woman of the Americas" by the First Congress of Ecuadorian Women.

On June 29, 1919, after obtaining the highest marks throughout all the years of the program, she was finally able to obtain the degree of Bachelor of Medicine.

Thanks to her, in 1929, Ecuador approved female suffrage, making it the first Latin American country along with Puerto Rico where women participated in national elections.

The members of the Electoral Board of Machala refused to register it and Matilde Hidalgo to fight that statement, opened a copy of the current Constitution of that time and read aloud an article stating that "to be an Ecuadorian citizen and to exercise the right to vote the only requirement it was being over 21 years old and knowing how to read and write. "

Fanny León Cordero
Alejandro Dávila Cordero, at that time judge of the Supreme Court of Justice, proposed her the position of judge of the Salcedo disctrict and Leon Cordero also accepted that, so on August 17, 1947 she became the first judge in the history of Ecuador. She held the position for 31 years and during that period of time she emphasized her work on causes that affected the most unprotected people.

In march 2003, she was condecorated for her career path by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Armando Bermeo.

In the literary field, she stood out in poetry. She was also part of the Association of Contemporary Writers of Ecuador, who subsequently baptized her annual poetry contest with her name. In March 2004 she received the Valdivia award for her literary career path, delivered by women's organizations in the country, including the Commission of Women, Children and the Family of the National Congress.

In 2009, she was also condecorated during the celebrations for the 90 years of cantonization of Salcedo.