Balbina Remedios
Balbina Remedios | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1936–1938 | |
| Constituency | La Habana Province |
Balbina Remedios Langanehin was a
House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress
.
Biography
A lawyer,[1] Remedios was a Democratic National Association candidate for the House of Representatives in La Habana Province in the 1936 general elections, the first in which women could vote. She was one of seven women elected,[2] serving in the House until 1938.[3]
References
- ^ Album del cincuentenario: de la Asociación de repórters de la Habana : 1902-1952, Asociación de Repórters de La Habana, 1952, p123
- ^ Velia Cecilia Bobes (2007) La nación inconclusa: (Re) constituciones de la ciudadanía y la identidad nacional en Cuba p236
- ^ Julio César González Pagés (2003) En busca de un espacio--historia de mujeres en Cuba, p127