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1 day ago · Selena has been named one of the most influential Latin artists of all-time and has been credited for elevating a music genre into the mainstream market. [8] [9] Latin Post called the singer "one of the most iconic artists in Latin American music history", [254] while The New York Times called her "arguably the most important Latina musician in ...
May 11, 2024 · Ochoa was selected by NASA in 1990 to participate in its astronaut program, and she became the first Hispanic female astronaut when she completed her training in 1991. In April 1993 she served as mission specialist aboard the STS-56 mission of the space shuttle Discovery, becoming the first Latina
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May 8, 2024 · Eva Perón (born May 7, 1919, Los Toldos, Argentina—died July 26, 1952, Buenos Aires) was the second wife of Argentine Pres. Juan Perón, who, during her husband’s first term as president (1946–52), became a powerful though unofficial political leader, revered by the lower economic classes. Duarte was born in the small town of Los Toldos ...
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May 8, 2024 · Luisa Moreno (born August 30, 1906, Guatemala City, Guatemala—died November 3, 1992, Guatemala) was a Guatemalan-born labour organizer and civil rights activist who, over the course of a 20-year career in public life, became one of the most prominent Latina women in the international workers’ rights movement.
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May 14, 2024 · A few famous women from the American Revolution include Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved African American poet who wrote in support of the revolution; Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams who famously told her husband to 'remember the women'; and Sarah Bradlee Fulton, known as the 'Mother of the Boston Tea Party'.
Apr 24, 2024 · From trailblazing activists to pioneering professionals, these Latin American women have defied societal norms, shattered barriers, and paved the way for us. Let’s go through the corridors of history as we celebrate the enduring impact of Latin American women and their unforgettable contributions to the world.
May 9, 2024 · A Cultural History of Latin America The Cambridge History of Latin America is a large scale, collaborative, multi-volume history of Latin America during the five centuries from the first contacts between Europeans and the native peoples of the Americas in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present. A Cultural History of ...
