Aurora Jiménez de Palacios | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Baja California′s at-large district | |
| In office September 7, 1954 – August 31, 1955 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 9, 1922 Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Died | April 15, 1958 (aged 32) |
| Cause of death | Plane crash |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
Aurora Jiménez de Palacios (December 9, 1922 – April 15, 1958) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who became the first female federal deputy in Mexico.[1][2]
In 1937 she participated in the formation of the Confederation of Mexican Workers, in Culiacán, Sinaloa.[3]
She was a graduate of the University of Guadalajara in 1947.[1]
Later she represented Baja California as a federal deputy in the 42nd Legislature.[4][5] She was the first female federal deputy in Mexico.[1]
She was killed in a plane crash on April 15, 1958.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Roderic Ai Camp (October 1, 2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. University of Texas Press. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-0-292-79902-8.
- ↑ The First Two Years of the Ruiz Cortines Administration, pg. 18, Patricia Ann Parsons, Department of Hispanic American Studies, Stanford University, 1955
- 1 2 Cervantes, Erika (July 7, 2009). "Martha Aurora Jiménez de Palacios". Cimacnoticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ Dear, Michael; Leclerc, Gustavo (November 12, 2013). Peopling Baja California. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 9781317794035. Retrieved July 4, 2016 – via Google Books.
In 1953, Baja California elected Aurora Jiménez de Palacios as the first woman to serve in the Mexican national congress.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Ai Camp, Roderic (October 1, 2011). 1952–1955 (42nd Legislature) (4th ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 1092. ISBN 9780292726345. Retrieved July 4, 2016 – via Google Books.
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